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Lil Kim's Pasty Bests Lady Gaga's Meat Dress To Take Wildest VMA Outfit Poll

Posted 8/28/11 10:47 am EST by in Lady Gaga, lil-kim, VMAs


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Listen, we’re just as surprised as you are!

Given all the hype, we thought Lady Gaga had this category hands down. We mean seriously, Mother Monster’s meat dress is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, for goodness sake. And she was in the lead here for a good bit of the polling period, but a late in the game push from Lil Kim’s side of the line helped the tiny MC take the Wildest MTV Video Music Award Outfit Ever crown in our Ultimate VMA Showdown.

Guess she really is the Queen Bee. (Not to be confused with Queen King B – that’s our girl Beyonce!)
Kim’s exposed her breast at the 1999 VMAs is obviously still turning heads over a decade later. Wearing just a pasty, the rapper famously presented alongside Diana Ross, who seemed both shocked and amused and gave Kim’s boob a lil feel. The crowd went wild and a VMA moment for the history books was born.

Kim’s pasty didn’t beat Gaga’s meat dress from last year’s awards by much – just eight percentage points (amounting to a little over 35,000 votes) separated the two. The only other famed ensemb to even really get in the game was Britney Spears’ sexy leather biker outfit from the 2002 awards. Brit grabbed 101,378 votes, taking 22.5 percent of the total. For a while, Spears and Gaga were in a bit of a heated contest for the top spot, but as votes started going Lil Kim’s way, Britney fell out of the race and will have to settle for third place. (She took the Wildest VMA Moment category with Madonna and Christina Aguilera for the kiss heard round the world, so we don’t think she’ll mind too much.)

Check out how things broke down, after the jump. Read More...

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Remaking ‘Lady Marmalade’ 10 Years Later

Posted 6/27/11 12:30 pm EST by in anniversary, Christina Aguilera, Katy Perry, Rihanna


Ten years ago this week, “Lady Marmalade” was celebrating its fifth and final week at the top of the Billboard Hot 100. The Missy Elliot-produced single appeared on the soundtrack to the Oscar-nominated film “Moulin Rouge!” and won Christina Aguilera, Pink, Lil Kim and Mya a Grammy for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. The smash video featured the sexy songbirds as lingerie-clad ladies of the night at a Paris brothel and took home the MTV VMA for Video of the Year. It was kind of a big deal.

The song lives on in the clubs, where we heard it this weekend while out celebrating NYC Pride and the passage of the groundbreaking same-sex marriage equality bill in New York. When the tune started booming over the sound system, everyone on the dance floor went bonkers. The crowd remembered every word; some even knew the choreography.

This got us thinking about who would fill Pink and the Queen Bee’s hooker boots today. Sure, hip-hop stars call on their friends in rhyming for first-rate mega-collaborations all the time, but it’s been a while since we’ve see an all-star pop star explosion of this magnitude. Can anyone hold a candle to Xtina and the gang? Read on for our ideas. Read More...

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The 2010 VMA Countdown: Diana Ross Gropes Lil' Kim

Posted 8/23/10 12:00 pm EST by in VMAs


The 2010 MTV Video Music Awards are only a few weeks away. The biggest party of the year features nominated clips by Lady Gaga, Eminem, Jay-Z, Ke$ha and Katy Perry and will feature performances by Kanye West, Justin Bieber, Drake, B.o.B and Florence and the Machine (with many more to be announced). In order to properly prepare yourself for what's to come, every day the MTV Newsroom Blog will deliver a classic moment in the history of the MTV Video Music Awards. Today's installment: Diana Ross has her way with Lil' Kim.

The MTV Video Music Awards are a great forum for eye-popping, envelope-pushing fashion. Since the beginning, stars have been wearing the craziest, most extreme outfits their brains (and stylists) can dream up (and in Lady Gaga's case, that happened four or five times at the 2009 show). At the 1999 show, Lil' Kim set a new standard for VMA fashion.

In the middle of the show, three generations of divas took the stage in the form of Diana Ross, Mary J. Blige and Lil' Kim. At the time, Kim was on top of the world, as her work on her solo debut Hard Core and on Puff Daddy's album No Way Out made her the top female MC in the game. She always had an eye for fashion and a willingness to bare her skin, so it made sense that she came out wearing a sparkly purple one-piece jumpsuit with only a tiny stick-on piece over her otherwise exposed left breast. Her outfit was the hit of the show, especially after Ross reached out and played with the boob while the trio were on stage.

The 27th annual MTV Video Music Awards will be broadcast live from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on September 12 at 9 p.m. ET.

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'Lady Marmalade' Conquers The Charts: Wake-Up Video

Posted 5/27/10 9:30 am EST by in Wake-Up Video


Is there anything greater than an all-star single? Not the charity ones that often feel contrived and stunty, but rather a truly killer song that brings together four or so superstars all at the top of their respective games. Last year, the remix of "Forever" satisfied that hunger with Drake, Eminem, Lil Wayne and Kanye West all turning in stunning performances for the sake of a movie soundtrack. Back in 2001, the universe received "Lady Marmalade," a collaboration between Christina Aguilera, Pink, Lil Kim and Mya that topped the Billboard Hot 100 on this date nine years ago.

Crafted for the soundtrack to director Baz Luhrmann's burlesque-reviving technicolor nightmare "Moulin Rouge!" and featuring a video that saw each of the four ladies decked out in their finest glam outfits, "Lady Marmalade" was a force to be reckoned with at the beginning of the summer of 2001 (had it peaked later, it would have been in contention for the official jam of that season). It caught each woman at an interesting time, as Aguilera was only just coming back into the spotlight (her second album Stripped was still a year away), Pink was just beginning to make her transition from pop singer to the hybrid star that she is today and Lil Kim was still a big deal. Interestingly, Mya was probably the biggest star of the quartet at the time, as her smash hit "Case of the Ex" was still fresh in the minds of the pop crowd.

The song, originally recorded by Labelle, first topped the chart in 1974. The remake made it the only song to top the charts after being recorded by two different acts, and won Grammy Awards for all four participants.

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Lil Kim Duets With Cyndi Lauper To Celebrate Nelson Mandela

Posted 7/20/09 5:14 pm EST by in Music


On Saturday (July 18), Aretha Franklin, Alicia Keys, Stevie Wonder and Queen Latifah helped celebrate Nelson Mandela's 91st birthday at New York's Radio City Music Hall. The superstars paid tribute to Mandela's life and work with a combination of their own songs and collaborations with African musicians. Though Mandela was not present, he sent a video message thanking everybody for their support and encouraging everybody to continue to fight for justice. President Obama sent a video message to similar effect.

The evening's accidental highlight came when Cyndi Lauper stepped on stage to duet with Lil' Kim on Lauper's "Time After Time." It was a groovy version of the song, featuring a little Lauper freestyle at the end.

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Lil' Kim Talks About Prison On 'Dancing With The Stars'

Posted 3/10/09 12:07 pm EST by in lil-kim


Lil' KimBy Nicole Tahan

Steve-O, Lil' Kim, Belinda Carlisle ... current and former MTV faves are representing big time on season eight of "Dancing With the Stars." Last night's premiere had some laughing, and others completely surprised. And one of the most surprising performances came from Lil' Kim.

Many typical "DWTS" viewers weren't aware of the Queen Bee's existence. Before she performed, the Grammy-winning rap star explained in a short clip where and when she first saw "Dancing with the Stars": "When I was in prison. And I watched it faithfully!" And almost instantly, the phrase "Lil' Kim prison sentence" became a hot search on Google Trends.

And in case that's how you got to this story, here's a little review: In 2005, Lil' Kim was sentenced to one year and one day in prison for lying to a federal grand jury, which she said she did to protect friends who were involved in a 2001 shooting outside of New York radio station Hot 97. "At the time I thought it was the right thing to do, but I now know it was wrong," she said.

In her "DWTS" intro clip, Kim said that one of her friends in prison told her she should be on the show. "And here I am," she said. "Can you believe it? I can't believe it!" Lil' Kim gave an amazing performance and looks like she's really dedicated to doing her best.

Fellow MTV star Belinda Carlisle, founder of the all-female '80s band the Go-Go's, also wowed fans on last night's episode. She's paired with hunky dancer Jonathan Roberts, and the two seem to be meshing very well together.

"Jackass" daredevil Steve-O looked a little shaky, compared to the rest. With some more practice, though, he could still take off and lead his pretty partner, Lacy. Perhaps his clown training will come in handy in the coming weeks.

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Lil' Kim Being Sued For Being Lil' Kim

Posted 10/9/08 9:23 am EST by in Lawsuit, lil-kim


Lil' KimYou've got to love Lil' Kim's lawyer, Londell McMillan. A suit filed Tuesday by Brookland Media, an upstart label that claims it inked a deal with Kim earlier this year and planned to release her LP as its debut offering, contends that the MC has made "outlandish" demands not covered under the terms of her contract. One such demand calls for Akon and Wyclef Jean to be hired on as additional producers for the project.

In trying to demonstrate why that demand fit their definition of "outlandish," Brookland's suit charges Kim is "known in the music industry for her extravagant and costly excesses."

McMillan's response, which he gave to the New York Daily News, was honest. "Surprise, surprise — an artist of superstar stature wants to protect her image," he said.

The suit also claims that the rapper refuses to record another note until her contract is renegotiated. The label is seeking $2.5 million dollars for the undelivered album, and recently was awarded a ruling that bars Kim from taking her rhymes elsewhere.

According to McMillan, it's unlikely the case will make it to court: "We'll work it out around a conference table, in front of a judge or over some martinis," he told the News.

Read more about Lil' Kim's latest legal woes here.

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Lil' Kim, Foxy Brown Schooled For Not Delivering Books

Posted 7/25/08 12:15 pm EST by in Music


Lil' Kim and Foxy BrownFirst the sad news: It looks like the world may never get to read the debut novel by Lil' Kim or Foxy Brown’s autobiography, "Broken Silence."

OK, there's no good news, at least not for the female MCs, both of whom were sued by publisher Simon & Schuster on Thursday over advances for books they never delivered.

This whole thing got us thinking: What might the title of Kim’s novel have been? "Bee Stings"? "Mafia Queen"? What about an updated name for the Foxy memoir? "Nailed It"? "Na Na Hey Hey"?

What do you think the books should have been called?

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Katy Perry: From Guns N' Roses To Peaches, Five Albums The Pastor's Daughter Needs To Hear

Posted 6/25/08 8:00 am EST by in Katy Perry, Miscellaneous



By Dan "Monty" Montalto

By now, you've likely heard the story of girl-kisser Katy Perry.

Born Katy Hudson in 1984 to conservative Christian parents, Katy was raised in a very religious household. She even released a Christian album in 2001 that featured songs such as "Faith Won't Fail." But sometime between then and 2007, the pastor's daughter traded in songs about her faith in God for songs about her faith in the awesomeness of drunken same-sex hookups.

What's really interesting about this story is what Katy revealed to MTV News in an interview just last week:

"I was raised in a very pseudo-strict religious household where the only thing on the menu was 'Oh Happy Day,' 'His Eye Is on the Sparrow' and 'Amazing Grace' — all eight verses of it," she said. "So the New Kids on the Block are new to me now; they're not a comeback. I'm like, 'Oh, this is a cool song!' I missed out on a couple other things, but I'm catching up."

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For The Record: Kanye, Spank Rock, Scott Weiland & More

Posted 5/1/08 10:53 am EST by in For The Record


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· With 98 murders in Chicago since the beginning of the year, Kanye West has had enough.

· You know how Spank Rock was a no-show at Coachella? Turns out Naeem “Spank Rock” Juwan had to undergo surgery for a “serious sudden ailment.” Here’s hoping he recovers.

· Not enough Scott Weiland in your life? The ex-Velvet Revolver and once-again Stone Temple Pilots singer says his upcoming solo album will be a double CD.

· Everyone knows these are financial hard times. But how hard? Even a player like Lil' Kim is getting her Bentley repossessed -- though her camp claims the matter is “currently being resolved.”

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