06/10/2025
🛑 Lil' Kim vs. Foxy Brown Beef:
Lil' Kim and Foxy Brown were two of the biggest female rappers in mid-90s hip-hop, both from Brooklyn, both blending sexy, confident bars with street edge. They started as high school acquaintances (even briefly attending the same school) and mutual admirers—Kim mentored by Biggie and Junior M.A.F.I.A., Foxy linked to Jay-Z and Nas. But their similar styles and rapid rises sparked comparisons, turning friendly vibes into a rivalry that exploded into one of rap's longest, messiest feuds. It lasted over 25 years, involved diss tracks, a real-life shootout, prison time, and petty social media jabs. No full reconciliation ever happened. Here's the timeline in bite-sized chunks:
Early Days: Rivals from the Jump (1996–1998)
- **The Setup**: Both drop debut albums in November 1996—Kim's *Hard Core* (double platinum, explicit queen energy) and Foxy's *Ill Na Na* (platinum, sultry and slick). Fans pit them against each other as the "Queens of Rap." Rumors swirl that Foxy tried to join Junior M.A.F.I.A. but was iced out, planting early seeds of shade.
- **First Cracks**: Subtle jabs in interviews. Kim calls out "copycats" in the industry; Foxy hints at fake personas. No direct beef yet, but the media-fueled "who's the realest?" narrative brews.
Diss Tracks Ignite (1999–2000)
- **Kim Strikes First**: On Lil' Cease's 1999 track "Play Around," Diddy raps "Stop trying to sound like her, too bi***es" (clear shot at Foxy). Kim piles on with lines mocking Foxy's style on her 2000 album *The Notorious K.I.M.* ("You ain't a star, and your record company know that").
- **Foxy Claps Back**: In 2000, Foxy fires on Capone-N-Noreaga's "Bang Bang," dissing Kim for "mourning" Biggie's death too publicly and calling her fake. Fans eat it up; sales spike for both.
Escalation: Guns, Courts, and Chaos (2001–2005)
- **The Shootout**: February 25, 2001, outside Hot 97 in NYC—Kim's crew bumps into Foxy's friend Capone (of Capone-N-Noreaga). Shots ring out; Capone's affiliate Efrain Ocasio gets hit in the back. Cops tie it to the diss tracks. No deaths, but it's *real* beef.
- **Truce Attempt Fails**: Foxy calls for peace on MTV ("Let's end it... We can even do a collaboration"), but Kim rejects it, calling Foxy "flip-floppy" in interviews.
- **Legal Fallout**: Kim lies to a grand jury about knowing the shooters (to protect her crew). She's convicted of perjury and conspiracy in 2005, serves a year in prison. Foxy stays low-key but keeps subtle shots in tracks.
Mid-Feud: Simmering with Occasional Flares (2006–2012)
- **More Disses**: Foxy drops "Massacre" in 2011 responding to Kim's "Black Friday." Kim hits back in interviews, saying Foxy's "crazy" and inconsistent—one day praising her, next shading.
- **Near Miss**: In 2013, Fabolous tries to squash it at Hot 97's Summer Jam with a joint stage appearance. Foxy bails, calling it "staged." Beef simmers but never dies.
Modern Shade: Social Media and Personal Digs (2013–2024)
- **Petty Era**: Foxy trolls Kim's 2023 memoir hype on IG ("The Bible" with a laughing emoji). Kim calls Foxy out for "flip-flopping" again. In 2024, Foxy messages Kim's ex/baby daddy Mr. Papers (father of Kim's daughter Royal Reign) on his birthday, calling him "block spinna" (old fling reference)—pure mess to irk Kim. Foxy also shades Kim's "nosebleed seats" at a Drake concert.
- **No Growth**: Both have kids now (Kim's daughter born 2014; Foxy's son in 2019), but the jabs stay personal, not violent.
Where They Stand Today in 2025
Still beefing, but it's mostly low-energy online pettiness rather than life-ruining drama. No reconciliation—Kim's called Foxy "do-do brown" as recently as April 2025 in old clips resurfacing, and Foxy's stayed silent but hasn't retracted past shade. They're both legends in their 40s/50s (Kim's 51, Foxy's 47), with Kim more active (touring, dating rapper Tayy Brown) and Foxy quieter (focusing on family post-hearing loss recovery). Fans invoke their feud as a cautionary tale for current rap beefs (e.g., Cardi vs. Nicki), but these two? Enemies till the end, no collab or truce in sight.