{"id":21124,"date":"2021-04-29T18:53:24","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T18:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=21124"},"modified":"2021-04-30T19:51:23","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T19:51:23","slug":"lil-kim-memoir-queen-bee","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/lil-kim-memoir-queen-bee\/","title":{"rendered":"Lil\u2019 Kim\u2019s Debut Memoir Set To Release In The Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_21227\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21227\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignfull -width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignfull-width size-large wp-image-21227\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/04\/lil-kim-memoir-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Lil Kim \" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21227\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lil Kim (Photo: Karl Feile\/Hulton Archive\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lil\u2019 Kim is here to reclaim her throne. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The legendary rapper announced Wednesday she will be releasing her debut <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/elliot-page-time-magazine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">memoir<\/a>, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Queen Bee, on <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">November<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 2<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u201cIt\u2019s Finally Here!! That\u2019s right, the book, Lil\u2019 Kim <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Queen Bee<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Life Story. I\u2019m so excited to announce my memoir dropping in November!! You thought you knew me but you have no idea,\u201d Lil\u2019 Kim wrote on an Instagram post.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Grammy Award-winning hip-hop icon writes alongside acclaimed author and journalist Kathy Iandoli, the book will include a behind-the-scenes account of the multi-platinum-selling rapper\u2019s life and career \u2013 from her early days growing up in Brooklyn to her teenage years spent with the Notorious B.I.G. to her trailblazing solo hip-hop career. 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When teenager Kimberly Denise Jones \u2014 better known as Lil\u2019 Kim \u2014 burst on the hip-hop scene in the mid-nineties, no one was prepared for how she would shake up the entire music industry,\u201d Hatchette continues. \u201cAs the sole female member of the Notorious B.I.G.&#8217;s rap collective, Junior M.A.F.I.A., and an affiliate of Puff Daddy and the Bad Boy family, Lil\u2019 Kim always stood out from the pack.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The book will navigate Lil\u2019 Kim&#8217;s complicated high-profile relationships, the misogyny she confronted in the music industry, her self-image in the spotlight and the moment that ultimately landed her in prison. &#8220;I&#8217;m excited to finally get to tell my story after all this time,&#8221; Lil&#8217; Kim tells <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/music\/lil-kim-writes-memoir-the-queen-bee\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">People<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in an exclusive statement. &#8220;Many people have thought they knew the story of Lil&#8217; Kim, but they have no idea.&#8221; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Queen Bee<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> will be released in tandem with the 25th anniversary of Lil\u2019 Kim\u2019s debut solo album, <em>Hard Core<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29095,"featured_media":21227,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[38,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lil\u2019 Kim\u2019s Debut Memoir &#039;The Queen Bee&#039; Set To Release In The Fall<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lil\u2019 Kim is here to reclaim her throne. 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