Lil' Kim's Face Undergoes Startling Transformation — Rapper Looks Completely Different Now

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Rapper Lil' Kim Lookin' Tough in January 2001

If you're wondering what former badass female rapper Lil' Kim looks like these days, we're pretty sure you would not be able to recognize her. Here she is pictured as a platinum blond at 26 years old, when her music career really started to take off. Click through to the next slide to see what she looks like 11 years later, in 2012.

Lil' Kim in at LA Pride in June 2012

Yes, guys, this really is Lil' Kim in 2012 at 36 years old. Though she looks like she might have just walked off the set of Once Upon a Time, she's actually all glammed up for a performance at LA Pride on June 9, 2012. When asked about why she's done so much plastic surgery by theBreakfast Club on Power 105.1, she responded,

 "There's so many people who have surgery, so I don't know where that question is coming from."