Lil Kim is STILL the GOAT when it comes to females in Hip Hop, which is why it’s so fitting that XXL has given the Queen Bee the cover of their new Legends issue in time for the celebration of Hip Hop’s 50th anniversary.
Kim returns to grace the cover of the iconic Hip Hop magazine which she has done many times before, but this time speaking on the impact she’s made in Hip Hop, and music in general.
Between the pages, Kim dishes on her upcoming projects including a new book, a documentary, a long-awaited biopic, and much more she has in the works.
Get into the snaps, excerpts, and footage below.
Women are thriving in hip-hop right now. There are a lot of new female MCs on the come up. They wouldn’t exist without you kicking the doors down for them. Do you feel like you get that respect?
I’m glad to see; I’m glad that, I’m glad to see all of us women, you know, getting our recognition, and everybody making us equal. I’m so glad to see women getting our recognition and, you know, everyone celebrating us. I think it’s a wonderful thing. It’s beautiful.
When you look to the future, what are you most excited about? Since you said you didn’t think you had that moment yet personally.
Yeah, I really didn’t even have that moment ’cause I started as a child star. People don’t even know, half these girls, some of them are like close in age with me, so, at the end of the day, I don’t know what that moment is. It’s gotta come. And, you know, again, I don’t really care. I’m living life, enjoying myself, just doing me. Just enjoying what the next level could be, what it’s gonna be, whatever. I don’t know. I don’t see nobody. I just be out.
What are you working on now?
Professionally, I have a book coming, documentary movie, all that stuff is in the works. I’m looking forward to building my own empire as far as being able to have my own artists and, you know, just being able to help someone else’s vision come to fruition. That means a lot to me. I’m only working with new artists, period. And I have my friends and everything. I’m only working with new artists. I love helping other artists’ dreams come to fruition.
That makes me feel good. So many people helped me. I’m giving it back, I have my friends, and people I love in the industry. Obviously, I’ll work with them, but yeah, only new artists. I’m working on something big; I don’t want to talk about it yet ’cause it is coming into fruition. But I have something really big I’m working on for new artists. And, you know, everyone sees me from years back, support new artists, support women, so, you
know, I just wanna be able to build my own empire. That is it. Building my own empire, you know what I mean?
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You can check out the full interview HERE.
