Lil’ Kim

Lil’ Kim in 2009, Charles Edwards / Shutterstock.com

Birth Name: Kimberly Denise Jones

Place of Birth: Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.

Date of Birth: July 11, 1974

Ethnicity: African-American

Lil’ Kim is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, model, and actress. She is also known as Queen Bee.

She is the daughter of Ruby Mae and Linwood Jones. Lil’ Kim has been described by various web sites as having Native American ancestry. It is not clear if this is accurate.

She has a daughter with her former partner, rapper Jeremy Neil/Mr. Papers.