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Leaving home

This article says her father expelled her from the home. However, the future Lil' Kim ran away from home to escape her father's abuse. She shunned her father for many years, but reluctantly let him stay at one of her homes, as he has Alzeimer's disease. Here's one article:

http://www.africaresource.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=304:the-life-of-lil-kim&Itemid=327

Lil Kim's controversies

Lil' Kim did an interview in 2001 with Wendy Williams and in that interview she stated that she made up with Shyne. The interview is on YouTube. It would be great to show that she rectified her issue with him years ago.

Also, where is Faith Evans and Eve in the "controversy" section?

Lil' Kim record sales

The article states that Lil' Kim has sold 15 million albums worldwide and 30 million singles. Where are the sources and are those credible sources?

Also, the Junior M.A.F.I.A album conspiracy has not sold 8 million records worldwide. Sources please!!

Semi-protected edit request on 4 December 2022

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In the "Early life, family and education" section, first paragraph, last sentence, the "Jones" is unnecessary as the subject is already established. Jawnmays (talk) 09:01, 4 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Done Have also done some further rewording as none of the cited sources in that section directly say her father "kicked her out", just that she left. Perhaps the preceding sentence could be elaborated on to better provide context - I'm not sure "tumultuous relationship" adequately captures what the two sources we cite describe: "According to Kim he became increasingly verbally abusive and their relationship took a violent turn — Kim once stabbed him with a pair of scissors." and "Fights between father and daughter became more frequent--and violent, she says. On at least one occasion, Kim remembers, her morning wake-up call was a fist crashing into her face." I'm not sure if we should go ahead and describe this or not. Cannolis (talk) 19:11, 4 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Lil'kim was not born 1974

Kim was born July 11th 1976 her mother has stated this can someone please correct this. Aresgodofwar83 (talk) 19:17, 11 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]