* AbsenteeActor: Oddly enough, the album version of "Crush on You", is performed by Lil' Cease and The Notorious B.I.G. - Kim only featured on the single version, released as a remix.

* AbusiveParents / ParentalIssues: Her father was physically and psychologically abusive to her and her mother, and he kicked her out onto the streets when she was young.
** Despite that, she later forgave her father and has let him live with her since he developed Alzheimer's in 2012.

* CallBack / ContinuityNod: The video for "No Time" features Kim and Music/SeanCombs riding up and down on escalators. This is later referenced in the lyrics for "(When Kim Say) Can You Hear Me Now?" and "Whoa".

* DreamTeam: The live collaboration with Music/CyndiLauper (in which they both performed Cyndi's hit "Time After Time"), as well as her collaboration with Music/FiftyCent on "Magic Stick". Collaborating with Creator/GraceJones on "Revolution" certainly deserves a mention, too.

* MyGirlIsNotASlut: She featured on "Can't Hold Us Down" with Music/ChristinaAguilera, a song [[TakeThat which heavily criticises sexual double standards]].

* TakeThat: Her often-noted rivalry with fellow rapper and [[WeUsedToBeFriends former friend]] Foxy Brown has led Kim to take potshots at her in a few of her songs, such as "Notorious K.I.M.", apparently in response to Foxy's bashing of her in some of her songs. In the same song, she also took a swipe at another rapper, Shyne, for essentially trying to imitate The Notorious B.I.G..

* [[AbsenteeActor Absentee Artist]]: Oddly enough, the album version of "Crush on You", is performed by Lil' Cease and The Notorious B.I.G. - Kim only featured on the single version, released as a remix.

* DreamTeam: The live collaboration with CyndiLauper (in which they both performed Cyndi's hit "Time After Time"), as well as her collaboration with Music/FiftyCent on "Magic Stick". Collaborating with GraceJones on "Revolution" certainly deserves a mention, too.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With MaryJBlige.

** Only the ongoing beef with Foxy can even compare to Kim and Music/NickiMinaj's vicious rivalry. ''Black Friday'' contains a ''lot'' of Nicki-bashing (including in the album cover, not to mention the title is a play on the latter's ''Pink Friday'' album), in response to a) the latter's song "Roman's Revenge" (which was claimed to be a diss record about Kim) and b) Kim's belief that Nicki is trying to emulate her style. Several of Kim's friends and fellow rappers think that the rivalry is pointless and saddening, others (including MaryJBlige) believe the whole thing arose due to "crews" behind it, and many critics and [[WhatTheHellHero a large portion of Kim's fanbase]] thought that ''Black Friday'' was taking things just a bit ''too'' far. The rivalry has gotten worse ever since.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: She's developed a bit of a reputation for this. The most well-known examples are Foxy Brown and Junior M.A.F.I.A., but she also now has bad blood with KeyshiaCole after they worked together a few years previously, alledgedly because Cole did a song with Kim's rival Nicki Minaj. Flip-flopped with 50 Cent - they didn't start out on the best of terms, but [[DreamTeam eventually recorded a song together]], before falling out and making up again.

In the media, she is well-known for her [[{{Stripperiffic}} somewhat skimpy]] and outrageous outfits (although she has toned this down in recent years) and her sexually explicit lyrics.
She once attended an awards ceremony in a dress that left her left breast completely exposed (except for a modesty-protecting pastie); when Diana Ross saw her, she went up to her and said "What do you think you look like? Have you any idea what an exhibition you are making of yourself? I mean, what do you call this?" and she juggled Miss Kim's exposed boob! She then walked away saying "Go home and get yourself dressed, young lady!" L'il Kim, usually congenitally potty-mouthed, was totally and utterly "gobsmacked"; she stood motionless, open-mouthed and silent, the whole evening; it was next morning before she could speak, and all she could say was "She jiggled my booby!"

* CallBack / ContinuityNod: The video for "No Time" features Kim and Sean Combs riding up and down on escalators. This is later referenced in the lyrics for "(When Kim Say) Can You Hear Me Now?" and "Whoa".

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* MyGirlIsNotASlut: She featured on "Can't Hold Us Down" with ChristinaAguilera, a song [[TakeThat which heavily criticises sexual double standards]].

* LoveTriangle: A much-publicised one, between her, TheNotoriousBig and Faith Evans.

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** Also, the remix to "Not Tonight" (usually referred to as "Ladies' Night") her first big hit after Biggie's death, was a DreamTeam of some of the top female rappers at the time: Kim, Left Eye from Music/TLC, Da Brat, Music/MissyElliott, [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Angie Martinez]].

** Also, the remix to "Not Tonight" (usually referred to as "Ladies' Night") her first big hit after Biggie's death, was a DreamTeam of some of the top female rappers at the time: Kim, Left Eye from TLC, Da Brat, Music/MissyElliott, [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Angie Martinez]].