July 4th Means Lil' Kim Covers

With rapper Lil' Kim getting sprung from jail early yesterday morning, it was the perfect "Independence Day" cover for the city's two tabloids. However, the Post and Daily News decided to diverge in how to handle the news: The Post's headline - and story - focused on the former in-shape rapper's heftier post-prison physique while the Daily News' headline just notes her boobies. The Post is, naturally, more vicious (though the story does have Lil' Kim acknowledging how she needs to lose weight) and the Daily News' "Kim Busts Out" is just more fun. Advantage: Daily News, especially since the Post cover just looks like a terrible angle.

However, the Post does reveal that apparently Lil' Kim's cellmates brought her breakfast in bed. We guess Lil' KIm made sure to show them who's boss and who's bitch!

Lil' Kim was sentenced last July for lying to a grand jury about a 2001 shooting outside Hot 97 in Tribeca. Her sentence was a year and one day, but she got out early for good behavior.

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By Jen Chung in Arts & Entertainment on July 4, 2006 10:45 AM

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John

Damn she big. Still love Kim

Not Amused

Margaret they must be feeding the birds well in the "Porky". I guess all that surgury to "Improve the way "Big" kim appears has it's drawbacks. She's got the funds to make that weight go away so don't get used to seeing her looking that way for long. I give it [4]months till she's back looking the way she did before prison.

p

Wow, I can't believe it took the sixth commenter to give the mostly likely reason for the weight gain. I guess I'm too cynical, but I really don't think it was merely those tasty jailhouse carbs...

s

no cocaine, coffee and cigarettes, the new york diva diet, to keep her skinny.

Teddy

Damn, she's large. Oh well, I'm sure her trainers will have her in shape by the MTV Video Music Awards on Aug.31 at Radio City.

grafittix

That's just common prison bloat. Starch and carbs, easy to prepare in bulk.

Cool Hand Luke

Should've done a little less breakfast in bed and a little more time in the prison yard, chubs. Pinocchio was wrong. Lying doesn't only make your nose grow.