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Hip Honey Honey, Lil' Kim aka Kimberley Jones, was slated to begin serving her 366-day prison sentence in an East Coast federal facility Monday after being convicted of perjury in March. She was found guilty for testimony she gave concerning a 2001 shootout between members of her entourage and supporters of her archrival, the rapper Foxy Brown, in front of the Manhattan radio station Hot 97, WQHT-FM reports New York Times.
Federal prison officials selected Philly's Federal Detention Center for Kim Friday, sources said. Their choice is somewhat of a surprise, considering that many thought Kim would be sent to a low- or minimum-security federal camp.
"It's one of the most degrading places I've ever been," said Michelle Brix, 29, a Philadelphia woman who served a one-week sentence in the jail in 2004 after being convicted of blocking a federal building during an anti-war protest reports New York Daily Post
The rapper Lil' Kim has been in a whirlwind of photo shoots, business meetings, public appearances and autograph signings for the past few weeks. "Naked Truth," the fourth album in her more than decade-long career, is due in stores on Sept. 27.
"Basically we've had to cram months of work into a few weeks," said Craig Kallman, chairman and chief executive of Atlantic Records, Lil' Kim's label. "It's definitely been difficult; it's an emotional time for her, but she's handled it like a trouper."
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