Grammy award winning singer Kimberly Jones, also known as Lil' Kim, leaves the federal district court in Manhattan after being sentenced. Grammy award winning singer Kimberly Jones, also known as Lil' Kim, leaves the federal district court in Manhattan after being sentenced July 6, 2005. Rapper Lil' Kim was sentenced on Wednesday to 12 months in prison for lying to a grand jury investigating two of her friends involved in a 2001 shooting outside a Manhattan radio station. REUTERS/Chip East