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Lil Kim Had Creative Control Over Retouching Ebony Cover Shoot

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Earlier this week, Ebony Magazine celebrated the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. Their celebration included interviews with rappers like 50 Cent, Rick Ross, Busta Rhymes, and Lil Kim. They shared the results of Kim’s cover shoot to Instagram with a caption explaining their reasoning for choosing her. “When it comes to this Hip Hop Game, you don’t wanna bumble with the bee, and for almost three decades, Lil Kim has continued to show us why. From her days with Junior Mafia to now, she has always come correct with bars slicker than honey with an impeccable charisma that is impossible to duplicate.”

But despite their high praise for the rapper fans in the comments were mostly focused on one thing. Her face in the cover image had all the trademarks of over-editing and many pointed out how amateurish it looked. In the comments, one of the photographers shared how the picture ended up the way it did. “Man, she wanted to be in creative control of the retouching so this is what we got.” Check out the post below.

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Lil Kim Retouched Ebony Cover Herself

Unsurprisingly, fans in the comments cracked jokes. “So Kim edited this on her phone and sent it back?” one comment joked. “She look like a IMVU character” and “She edited this on what? Like a flip phone? A sidekick? Wtf happened here?” other comments agreed. While nobody has officially confirmed how exactly the photo ended up the way it did that didn’t stop fans from speculating.

Last month, Lil Kim took part in another Hip Hop 50th Anniversary celebration and it also didn’t go over perfectly. She suffered a wardrobe malfunction during a performance and Yankee Stadium alongside dozens of rap legends. Thankfully, she didn’t seem phased at all by the incident and continued crushing her performance. What do you think of Lil Kim demanding creative control over her Ebony cover shoot? Let us know in the comment section below.

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Lil Kim Lands “Ebony” Cover, Fans Hardly Recognize Rap Legend

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Though she’s one of the most well-known figures in hip-hop, Lil Kim’s life has been anything but easy. The New Yorker has maintained her confidence despite all the trauma she’s endured from her past relationships, not to mention simply being a woman in the industry. Like many other celebrities, she’s obviously undergone some cosmetic procedures over the years, altering her facial structure significantly. Not everyone is a fan of the work Kim has done, but nevertheless, her biggest fans remain loyal. Their dedication to the 49-year-old is precisely why so many are raising concerns regarding her latest magazine cover.

On Friday (September 8), images began circulating online unveiling the “Magic Stick” artist’s shoot for Ebony Magazine. From far away, Kim looks radiant in a revealing pin, satin garment. However, upon closer inspection, it’s evident that her face has undergone severe editing – and not very good editing at that. The multi-talent looks far more masculine in this photo than we’ve seen in any others she’s shared recently. She also looks to be a completely different ethnicity, causing countless Twitter trolls to crack jokes.

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Lil Kim’s Ebony Magazine Cover Unveiled

“The entire staff deserves JAIL,” one user criticized the team at Ebony. “IKYFL. This is egregious. Why is Kim looking like she’s been generated by AI,” another concerned person chimed in. To be fair, the fashionista does look almost completely artificial on the “50 Years of Hip-Hop” commemorative cover, though it’s unclear if that’s what she was going for.

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Keep scrolling to see what Twitter users are saying about Lil Kim’s shocking Ebony cover shoot. Do you think that the rap diva had final approval of the images before they went public, or is she just as taken aback as fans have been after finding them online today? Let us know in the comments, and check back later for more hip-hop/pop culture news updates.

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EBONY’s Kera McCain Speaks to the Importance of Amplifying Black Voices

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If a person were to ask how does one amplify African American voices through a storytelling medium, that person can point to EBONY’s Head of marketing, Kera McCain. 

Kera McCain prides herself in curating, shaping and amplifying the stories of the most influential Black voices. While she says it took time to get there, “’I’ve been doing that my entire life.”

“It’s an honor to be in the position to amplify the stories of people with the energy and ambition to shift culture,” says McCain. 

While she has assumed the role as Head of Marketing at the historic EBONY Media, the goal and intention remains the same. 

Kera McCain joined EBONY in November 2021 after more than a decade of executing marketing initiatives for top brands such as Live Nation Entertainment, Revolt TV, Ticketmaster, Condé Nast, Allure Beauty, Vogue and more. 

She arrived at her purpose after a personal soliloquy of her potential career as an actress. McCain was aware that she would not commit to the craft as a thespian, but could establish the runway to take off in another way.

“I knew I wanted to help magnify a connection from a person to a brand,” she says. “I knew I wanted to maximize the visibility of whatever I was involved in. I learned what that was in particular and it was making an emotional connection to something, which is marketing.”

She references the importance of her community of friends

In last month’s cover story, EBONY Media featured Teyana Taylor, Iman Shumpert and their two daughters, Julie and Rue.

These are the stories that EBONY has continued to amplify throughout its illustrious history. Under new leadership with owner Junior Bridgeman and Chairwoman, Michele Gee, the publication gears up for another era of Black excellence that will keep flame burning on the EBONY legacy. At its marketing helm, Kera McCain is thankful for their style of leadership.

“I feel a sense of rocket fuel being here,” says McCain. “Both Mr. Bridgeman and our Chairwoman, Michele Gee, are leading us in a way that does not have to be conventional or safe. To be at a company that prides itself on, ‘I may not be sure of what it looks like, but let’s try it,’ there is no better place to be.”

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