According to the Associated Press, rapper Lil Kim has hit out at the authorities who jailed her for perjury. As you all surely know by now, Kim began a one year jail sentence last week after finally admitting she lied during a grand jury investigation into that shooting involving her entourage outside a New York radio station back in 2001. The rapper says that the fact she is serving jail time is simply an example of the authorities wanting to make an example of a high profile hip hop star, and nothing at all to do with the fact that if judges tolerated lying in court it might just make an mockery of the entire rule of law.
The rapper is quoted as saying: "There's no reason why I should be going to jail. There's no reason why. There's no reason. I didn't shoot anyone, I didn't do anything wrong the way they would say. It's not as bad as it could have been, but do I think it was fair? No. Unfortunately, me as a woman, I had to take one for the team, and when I say for the 'team' I say hip-hop, because I was the poster child for the federal government, for their investigations".
However Kim, who has a new album out this week, the sales of which are sure to be helped by the media coverage of her jail sentence, added that she thought the jail sentence would actually make her a stronger person. Kim: "It's going to make me even stronger. The bottom line is, whoever's tried to ruin me, my career and my life, they've done [messed] up now, because it's only going to make me stronger."
Perhaps she could channel all that positive energy into a new song for the kids - the 'why you shouldn't lie in court' rap - with a catchy sample from The Clash's 'I Fought The Law'?