Lil' Kim commanded attention at New York Fashion Week on Tuesday, stepping out for LaQuan Smith's Spring/Summer 2026 show in a skintight blue bodysuit. The 51-year-old rapper, who rose to fame in the 1990s, paired the long-sleeved, high-neck piece with pointy-toe black heels that added height to her 4'11" frame. She finished the look with onyx sunglasses and a long platinum blonde wig.
Inside the venue, she took a front row seat near Ty Dolla $ign and close to Busta Rhymes and his son Trillian Wood-Smith, as the LaQuan Smith presentation unfolded.
On Thursday, the star watched her 11-year-old daughter Royalty Reign walk the Rookie Kids runway. Ice-T and his wife Coco Austin were there to support their nine-year-old daughter Chanel. To mark the milestone, Lil' Kim posted footage of the pre-teen participating in the event one year earlier on Instagram. The video clip was captioned, 'My baby girl @royalreignjones is back on the runway for @rookiekids back to school fashion show today hosted by @ciara at nyfw!' The gushing mom added, 'I'm so proud of my royal!!!'
'I'm happy being a part of it,' she said in a red carpet interview from the 2024 show. 'This is like my big day,' she added while giggling as she wrapped an arm around her daughter.
In 2019, Lil' Kim spoke with Access Hollywood about motherhood, saying, 'I’m still the same person, but you have to be different. When you are a mom, you have to do things differently, whether you want to admit it or not.'
Lil' Kim has been touring with Keyshia Cole this summer and shared a tour poster on Instagram in May, captioning it 'gametime❗️me + @keyshiacole = outside all summer.'