"Hard Core and Notorious KIM really did carve a path — there are so many women rappers and femcees now who absolutely followed in her tiny footsteps, her funked-up, sex-positive vibe. No one was calling her a feminist icon in the 90s. I don't know if we'd have got tracks like WAP without her. She really is a trailblazer."
"Lil' Kim, who last played in Australia in 2011, will perform at Melbourne's Festival Hall to celebrate her landmark multiplatinum records Hard Core which turns 30 this year and The Notorious KIM. Rising's artistic director and chief executive, Hannah Fox, said the 51-year-old rapper, who broke out as a member of Junior MAFIA and was mentored by the Notorious BIG, was on a really exciting return to form."
"Other spoken word artists coming to Rising include Kae Tempest, a poet whose latest album Self Titled is an irrepressibly joyous celebration of the trans community. The rapper Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) and the musician Brian Jackson will celebrate the life and career of Gil Scott-Heron, the influential spoken word artist and Jackson's longtime collaborator."
The 2026 Rising festival, held annually in Melbourne during winter, announces a diverse lineup of groundbreaking artists. Lil' Kim returns to Australia for the first time since 2011 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of her landmark albums Hard Core and The Notorious KIM. Artistic director Hannah Fox highlights Lil' Kim's influence on contemporary female rappers and her sex-positive feminist legacy. Additional performers include poet Kae Tempest, Yasiin Bey and Brian Jackson honoring Gil Scott-Heron, multi-instrumentalist Kahil El'Zabar, singer-songwriter Cate Le Bon, and First Nations composer Raven Chacon performing his Pulitzer-winning work Voiceless Mass at St Paul's Cathedral.
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