Lil Kim Blasts EBONY Magazine Over 'Unapproved' Cover Photo

Rapper Lil Kim performs at HOT 97 Summer Jam 2018 at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, June 10, 2018, in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP)

Lil Kim recently called out EBONY magazine for an ‘unapproved’ cover photo the magazine is using for her cover issue.

Lil Kim is siding with the fans in their outrage over her Ebony magazine cover edits! https://t.co/UoVDoZTLDl

— TMZ (@TMZ) September 21, 2023

Kim reacted to the photo and said,

Who is this? Cuz that’s not the photo I approved or any other content they’ve put out.

The art director for the magazine is claiming that Lil Kim is the one who chose this cover photo. The former photography director stated,

Man, she wanted to be in control of the retouching so this is what we got.

UPDATE: Lil Kim is debunking the claims that she was behind the retouching for her Ebony magazine cover.

Read more: https://t.co/eE8Pys5wVs

— Complex (@Complex) September 21, 2023

Kim replied and added,

I always told Ebony it looked like a painting but they didn’t wanna listen. They said they love it. It’s the sabotage for me. The funny s### about this, is that this is THEIR retoucher!

Who do you think is lying about this cover photo?

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