
Her following albums, The Notorious K.I.M. Lil' Kim’s debut studio album Hard Core (1996) earned Double Platinum status and spawned three consecutive #1 rap hits: “No Time”, “Not Tonight (Ladies Night Remix)”, and “Crush on You”, a record for a female rapper. This got her music career started in 1995, as Biggie’s group Junior M.A.F.I.A., whose debut album Conspiracy generated three hit singles, two of which contained verses from Lil Kim ( “I Need You Tonight” and “I Get Money”). Sometime between then and her super-stardom, she performed a freestyle rap for The Notorious B.I.G. Lil' Kim (born Kimberly Denise Jones on July 11, 1974) grew up in Brooklyn, New York, living much of her adolescent life on the streets after being expelled from home.
