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Lil Mama
Lil Mama
Jumping onto the airwaves at 17, Lil Mama cleared a wide path for herself with the major radio hit "Lip Gloss" in early 2007. Raised in both Brooklyn and Harlem, Niatia Kirkland grew up with seven other siblings. She found solace in writing poetry as well as dance choreography. But with the encouragement of her father, who owns the record label Familiar Faces, she knew that being a hip-hop artist could enhance both of those interests. Joining her father's label, she traveled to Atlanta in 2006 to work exclusively with producer James "Groove" Chambers, who helped construct the "Lip Gloss" single. After some ambitious maneuvering to get her music heard, New York's flagship hip-hop/R&B station Hot 97 began playing the record constantly. When Jive Records caught wind of the "lip gloss-poppin'" single, the company quickly scooped her up in January 2007 and made Lil Mama a teen rap sensation all over the East Coast. Moving into spring and summer of that year, her reach began to expand nationally as her impressively choreographed video for the song went into rotation on MTV and BET's 106 & Park. The Jive connection allowed the high-school lyricist to bring in heavy-hitting producers like Scott Storch, Swizz Beatz, and DJ Green Lantern for her Familiar Faces/Jive debut album. ~ Cyril Cordor, All Music GuideMore

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Lil Mama
Many fail to realize that one of the beauties of Hip Hop and the key essence of its survival is the ...
Songs: 21, Videos: 5, Playlists: 1, Blog Posts: 4, Polls: 0, Battles: 0

Most Popular Music Videos (3)

Lip Gloss
(Duration: 4:17)
Jun 23rd, 8:06pm
G-Slide (Tour Bus)
(Duration: 4:20)
Jun 29th, 10:53pm
L.I.F.E.
(Duration: 4:01)
Aug 5th, 7:14am

Fan Comments

Oct 28th, 5:26pm
y3a ma y0ur s0ngz is tight k33p d0ing y0h thing
Oct 17th, 2:29am
saw on americas next top model, o cool
Oct 9th, 8:39pm
How could you mess up Jay-Z performance?!!?!?!? It was perfect until you decied to pull a Kanye West skit. You are sooooo not popular anymore and IDC who is reading this post but that was a stupid move!
Sep 27th, 10:51am
what lil mama i love ur comment on ABDC!!!!!!! u rock and ya real with what you say holla back when u get a min. TRECKAVELLY out.
Sep 21st, 8:47pm
wut up, hope ur enjoying ur week. :)
Sep 16th, 1:27am
WTF was u thinkin when u messed up jay-z performance, you t-painin homie
Sep 9th, 8:17pm
Thanks for addin me. BTW ur my favorite judge on ABDC! No lie!
Aug 20th, 6:04pm
hey i love your songs
Aug 16th, 7:00pm
lil mama i love that show a.b.d.c that is my show and i am going to look at the beyonce one k add me as a friend
Aug 7th, 2:34am
wazzup diz iz phe just chckin in my email GoDzG!fT_PB@yahoo.combout to get a friend request