Lil' Kim rose to fame as a tough, raunchy gangsta girl, the Queen Bee of female rappers with rhymes that cast her as a powerful figure — a female Don in the male-dominated world of rap. Now, as she prepares to release her latest album Tuesday while behind bars, the diminutive diva has added a new element to her persona — victim. In Kim's eyes, she's been preyed on by an overzealous government trying to punish hip-hop and jealous former friends who ratted her out in the courtroom.
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