--- description: The self-described Queen of Rap apparently couldn't just pick one regal moniker for her new bundle of joy title: Lil Kim Welcomes Baby Girl Royal Reign on Monday image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Lil' Kim Gives Birth to Baby Girl, Names Her Royal Reign by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 10, 2014 1:24 AM CUT by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 10, 2014 1:24 AM CUT Congratulations are in order! Rapper Lil Kim gave birth to a baby girl on [Monday](http://www.eonline.com/news/549407/lil-kim-gives-birth-to-baby-girl-find-out-her-seriously-regal-name "undefined"), and the self-described Queen Bee gave the bouncing bundle of joy a regal name: Royal Reign. One reference to nobility just wouldn’t be enough for the heir of one of hip-hop’s royals, apparently. Lil’ Kim’s pregnancy—her first— was announced in [February](http://entertainment.time.com/2014/02/13/lil-kim-pregnant/ "undefined") during New York Fashion Week. The Queen Bee posted an image of her baby shower invitation on her [Instagram](http://instagram.com/p/nB3IT0vsUU/ "undefined") account in late April, sharing with the world that she had a little princess on the way. New York-based rapper [Mr. Papers](http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2014/02/lil-kim-pregnant-baby-daddy-mr-papers/ "undefined") was later reported as the baby’s father. The obviously excited new mom spent the day retweeting messages of congratulations sent her way from celebrity friends and news outlets. No comment yet from Lorde, whose chart-topping, ubiquitous hit single “Royals” was released as a single about 10 months ago. Congrats! Welcome [#LilLilKim](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LilLilKim?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined")♡—> [@LilKim](https://twitter.com/LilKim?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") welcomes a baby girl and gives her a name fit for royalty " via [@TVGuide](https://twitter.com/TVGuide?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined"): — Holly Robinson Peete 💃🏾♍️ (@hollyrpeete) [June 9, 2014](https://twitter.com/hollyrpeete/status/476147506074497024?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2850852/lil-kim-gives-birth-to-baby-girl-names-her-royal-reign/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2850852/lil-kim-gives-birth-to-baby-girl-names-her-royal-reign/"},"headline":"Lil' Kim Gives Birth to Baby Girl, Names Her Royal Reign","datePublished":"2014-06-10T01:24:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:18:44.134Z","description":"The self-described Queen of Rap apparently couldn't just pick one regal moniker for her new bundle of joy","url":"https://time.com/2850852/lil-kim-gives-birth-to-baby-girl-names-her-royal-reign/","keywords":["celebrities","Pregnancy","birth","baby names"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2850852/lil-kim-gives-birth-to-baby-girl-names-her-royal-reign/","name":"Lil' Kim Gives Birth to Baby Girl, Names Her Royal Reign"}}]}] ```