In honor of the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, the rapper woremonogram jacket with a bee emblem on the chest in honor of her Queen Bee nickname. The cropped jacket had metallic blue shimmering sleeves. It was paired with a sparkling multicolored glitter crop top with black sequin HotPants. Although glitter seemed to be Lil’ Kim’s theme for the evening, the real statement was her red knee-high crocodile embossed stiletto boots.
The rapper, whose style has long been characterized by her jewelry collection, wore her signature Queen B diamond necklace.Lil’ Kim is credited with being one of the first major women rappers, with her career taking off in the ’90s when she was discovered by Notorious B.I.G., aka Biggie Smalls, who asked her to join his group, Junior M.A.F.I.A. The group’s debut album “Conspiracy” generated two top 20 singles in the U.S. and was certified gold.