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Lil’ Kim Is Manifesting Epic Pre-Book Sales For Upcoming Memoir ‘The Queen Bee’

The book is reportedly slated to drop in 2024.

Lil Kim is giving fans the low down on what's going on with her upcoming book.

The iconic rapper took to Instagram Live on Thursday (Nov. 9) with a status update on her long-awaited memoir, "The Queen Bee," as reported by Revolt.

"My book has been done,” she said during the livestream. “I’m going to write y’all a letter to tell y’all what’s going on, but it’s not really cool. But I don’t want to use this to talk about it. I really don’t. But just know it’s like that. It’s crazy.”

The "Crush On You" hitmaker also manifested what she hopes for when it finally drops.

“When we post our presales, we be surpassing the Bible, and that’s crazy,” she explained. “The Bible, I don’t take that lightly, I already know that… It’s some crazy s - - t going on behind the scenes. You have to be really careful when you deal with these book companies because they try to take advantage of you. You know, I’m a little Black woman.”

In 2021, the star announced she would be telling her story to highlight her life and nearly 30-year career journey.

“I’m excited to finally get to tell my story after all this time,” she said via a press release. “Many people have thought they knew the story of Lil’ Kim but they have no idea. I’m thrilled Kathy and I have put together something special with Hachette Books for my fans.”

She said the book was in its final stages earlier this year, per Revolt. In July, she shared an image of the book's draft on X (formally known as Twitter).

“It’s been a long journey, Beehive, edits are finally done,” she tweeted. “Thank you to my bestie/soulmate [Marc Jacobs] for doing my forward.”

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