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Disgrace Land is a production of Double Elvis.

The stories about Lil Kim are insane.

She lived on the streets when she was 14 to escape her abusive father.

She survived the shootout when her beef with a fellow rap star lit up a Manhattan radio station.

She committed perjury to save her crew from prison time. They didn't return the favor.

She straddled the sex positivity movement with lyrics that reinvented what it meant to be a woman in hip-hop. Her music counted the diamonds in her rings and told the

world that's how many times she wanted to finish. She's a walking quote-unquote explicit content sticker

that paved the way for songs like Cardi B and Megan the Stallions

Watt, even 25 years after Lil Kim's solo debut. Few rappers expose their sexuality like she can't,

because Lil Kim makes filthy and great music. Unlike that loop I played for you at the top of the show,

that wasn't great music.

That was a preset loop from my Melotron called You Better Get Bad Jack, MK, too.

I played you that clip because I can't afford the rights to stutter by Joe featuring Mystical.

And why would I play you that specific slice of two-time-in-R-N-B cheese,

could I afford it?

Because that was the number one song in America on February 25, 2001,

and that was the day that would lead Lil Kim down a path of perjury and prison time.

On this episode, shootouts, explicit content, sex positivity, loyalty in the land of the mafia, and Lil Kim.

I'm Jake Brennan, and this is Disgraceland.

Thank you. is disgrace land. Ingrid Rivera struggled to make sense of the sweaty mass pulsing in front of her.

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