Kimberly Denise Jones, known by her stage name Lil' Kim, is an American rapper and singer-songwriter. Her debut studio album Hard Core was released on November 12, 1996 in the United States, by the Atlantic subsidiary Big Beat Records, followed by her second album The Notorious K.I.M. on June 27, 2000. Lil' Kim's third studio album, La Bella Mafia, was released on March 4, 2003, and her latest album The Naked Truth on September 27, 2005.