Lil Kim Accuses Ebony Magazine of 'Sabotaging' Her Cover

Lil Kim is calling out Ebony magazine.

On Monday (September 18), the publication released multiple covers for their Hip Hop 50 issue, which featured stars like Swizz Beatz, Busta Rhymes, Rick Ross and 50 Cent.

However, fans took issue with Kim‘s cover, as they featured an extreme amount of airbrushing and editing. Ebony‘s photography director Keith Major then issued a statement and claimed that Lil Kim “wanted to be in control of the retouching so this is what we got.”

Keep reading to find out what Lil Kim said in response…

“Who is this?” Lil Kim wrote on her Instagram Stories in response. “Cuz that’s not the photo I approved or any other content they’ve put out. I always told Ebony it looked like a painting but they didn’t wanna listen. They said they loved it.”

“It’s the sabatoge [sic] for me. The funny shit about this, is that this is THEIR retoucher [crying laughing emoji, sighing face emoji, face-palm emoji],” she continued.

She also reposted the cover photo she did approve from a member of her team, who captioned the image: “Me & @lilkimthequeenbee stayed up for hours wit the team & chose this .. we have the receipts fool! For the record we definitely didn’t choose that other flick.”

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