The Darkness of Skin and the Lightness of Lil’ Kim

Ezinne Ukoha
4 min readApr 26, 2016

This past Sunday as most people woke up with the afterglow of Beyoncé’s stunning delivery that still requires many more weeks of reflection — another talented woman of color abruptly seized the headlines.

Lil’ Kim — the Brooklyn-born rapper who was famously intertwined with The Notorious B.I.G. aka Biggy Smalls posted a photo of herself on Instagram — livin’ it up in Miami.

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