As fascinating as Lil Kim’s career is, what is also fascinating is the way her music helped to bring female sexuality “into the mainstream”. In part two of our deep dive into her career, we look a little deeper at this aspect of her music, as well as the legacy this particular approach has left.

Often touted as a feminist, Lil Kim recently said that feminism has always been something of a grey area for her because first and foremost, for her, it’s all about supporting women. It’s clear that her debut album was ground-breaking in how it brought female sexuality to the forefront of popular music in a way which was equally as lewd as what many male rappers were doing at the time.

Is her music empowering? Or does she, by trying to outdo male rappers, become another one of the “boys”, by projecting an image of what men expect a woman to  ...