Lil Kim's recently hired attorney James Leonard Jr has told reporters he hopes his client might be out of prison by June, two months ahead of her scheduled release date of 2 Aug. As you'll remember, the rapper was thrown in the slammer last year after finally admitting to committing perjury during a grand jury investigation into a shooting that took place outside a Manhattan radio station in 2001.
According to Allhiphop.com, Leonard told reporters earlier this week that Kim had adjusted to prison life, adding: "The warden and the staff at the FDC [Federal Detention Center] have been great with Kim. She has neither sought [nor] received any special treatment. They have respected her privacy and have treated her extremely fairly." Leonard went on to reveal that prison life for the rapper involves the job she has been assigned in the jail, listening to the radio, writing rhymes, responding to fan mail and reading her favourite book 'The Da Vinci Code'.
Given you're only allowed one book in prison (or is that on Desert Island Discs?), perhaps Kim reckons she'll have that one licked by June, hence the desire for an early release. Leonard admitted that an early release is something he is "aggressively working on right now". If successful, Kim would leave prison in June, though would be most likely under house arrest until August.
The rapper will then be keen to get back into the studio, where we might get a new sound from post-prison Kim. Leonard: "I think this entire experience has unearthed new depths for Kim, both as a person and an artist. I think you will see that in the direction she takes upon her release from prison."