Eighties pop star Cyndi Lauper teamed up with femcee Lil Kim for a duet performance of Cyndi’s smash classic “Time After Time” at the 91st birthday concert for former South African president Nelson Mandela. The Nelson Mandela Foundation and 46664 hosted the headliner event at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall on Saturday, July 18.
France’s first lady Carla Bruni, soul legend Aretha Franklin, rocker Bruce Springsteen, Alicia Keys, and Stevie Wonder were other notables present at yesterday’s celebration.
It looks like at least one good thing came out of Lil Kim’s ousting from Dancing With The Stars this week — the Brooklyn-born MC got to visit her biggest fan, the very smitten Regis Philbin.
Here’s a video clip of The Queen Bee and her professional dance partner Derek Hough showing off their fancy footwork on Live With Regis & Kelly — on location in Miami — on Thursday morning.
In the first surprise elimination of the season, rapper Lil’ Kim was booted from Dancing with the Stars just one week shy of the semi-finals.The star with the lowest score – rodeo star Ty Murray – did not go home.
Though sad to go, Lil’ Kim said she loved being a part of the show, alongside professional partner Derek.
“I think this is one of the greatest experiences I’ve ever experienced in my life,” Lil’ Kim said as the news sunk in. “I think I brought different viewers. I know people that have never watched the show… watched the show… This is a great experience.”
Kim chronicles her DWTS journey in this clip from last night’s edition of Jimmy Kimmel Live.
These days, Lil Kim is spending her evenings lighting up the leader board on the eighth season of ABC’s Dancing With The Stars, but the pint-sized rap mistress says that letters from bestie Marc Jacobs helped get her through a 10 month stint in federal prison on perjury charges in 2006.
The famed fashion designer and the tough girl from Brooklyn bonded over their love of style several years ago.
“He’s one of my best friends and was actually a huge supporter when I was in prison,” Kim said in an interview with StyleList.com. “He wrote me every week! “I decided to buy a coloring book – I’m a huge Bratz fan – and I painted the Bratz and made them all wear Marc Jacobs, and sent it to him. He blew it up and framed it, and now it’s hanging in his house. So Marc Jacobs is the best.”
Lil Kim is the latest celebrity injured while rehearsing for Dancing With The Z-Listers. The femcee realized that she seriously injured a rib during a trip to a masseuse this week.
Despite having one of the best known backsides on television, it’s Lil Kim’s butt that truly fascinates Kim Kardashian. And the socialite reality star wasted no time grabbing a handful of Kim’s budunkadunk on the set of Dancing With the Stars this week.
In an entry posted on her blog Wednesday, Kim wrote: “This week I went to watch Dancing With the Stars and it was so much fun to catch up with all of my old friends! I met a whole bunch of new people too! The dances were amazing, Lil’ Kim was mesmerizing to watch and after the show I had to grab her booty! She is so curvy.”
Ironically, Lil Kim was previously romantically linked to Kim K.’s former sex tape co-star, VH1 realiy star Ray J.
