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The past weekend marked the 16th anniversary of the death of one of the world's most talented rappers - The Notorious BIG - but Lil Kim is still struggling to deal with the loss years later.
Kim might've recently found herself in the music press for the obvious surgery she hasn't had (apparently a blog digitally altered pictures of her), but during an interview she revealed that only recently has she come to terms with the loss of a musical mentor and, at one point, lover.
Appearing on RapFix Live on Wednesday she fielded a question from rapper Bun B, who lost his rap partner Pimp C in 2007.
"How was it dealing with the loss of Biggie for you in this industry?" he asked Kim.
"That's a very tough question because it too me so long - super long to deal with the loss of a person who was such a huge impact in my life," Kim answered.
Kim rose up through the ranks of Biggie's Junior Mafia crew and at one point was in a deep romantic relationship with the rapper.
On Saturday (March 9), 16 years to the day since the 1997 shooting that ended Biggie's life in the most infamous rap feud ever, Lil Kim played at the Glazz club in Queens.
Speaking ahead of the event she said: "That's my first event ever on March 9 because I used to get offered events a lot and I said 'no'.
Lil Kim's spokesperson recently called reports of plastic surgery 'despicable'
"I never celebrate that day. It's so funny because I can always feel when that day is approaching. I get so depressed. I get so sad. It happens before March, in February. I can feel it coming and I used to all say 'no'.
"So to answer Bun B, I'm just now getting over that fact, and it's how many years later?"
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