Jones refers to Butler as "my brother, my best friend" in the liner notes to her album, "The Notorious Kim." Butler, Dopwell and Jones, met up that evening at Jones' New Jersey home, according to the indictment.īutler, who was a close friend of rapper Biggie Smalls, aka Notorious B.I.G., developed a relationship with Jones and became her manager after Smalls was murdered in 1997. The rivalry apparently stemmed from insults that Kiam Holley, aka Capone, and rap diva Inga Merchand, aka Foxy Brown, slung at Jones on the song "Bang Bang," from Capone-N-Noreaga's 2000 album, "The Reunion."Īccording to earlier press reports, a surveillance video camera on the scene showed Jones and several men, possibly the shooters, scrambling into the back of her black limousine and fleeing the scene. Ocasio was treated for his gunshot wounds and later released. Jackson is also charged with firing an illegally obtained fully automatic Mac-11 machine gun. Investigators say that, while Jones and Dopwell were standing by, Butler, Jackson and at least one other person fired shots at the rival group outside the radio station, putting one man, Efrain Ocasio, in the hospital with a bullet in his back.
As Jones was exiting Hot 97's Greenwich Village station after a guest appearance, members of Capone-N-Noreaga's entourage were arriving. The trouble began on the Sunday afternoon of February 25, 2001. The alleged shooters, Butler and Jackson, have previous convictions on unrelated felony firearm charges and now face additional gun charges.Īlthough Jones is not a suspect in the shooting, she faces a maximum prison sentence of five years on the conspiracy charge, five years for each perjury count, five years on each false statement count and 10 years for obstruction of justice, as well as fines of at least $250,000. M.A.F.I.A., include Damion Butler, aka D-Roc, Suif Jackson, aka Gutta, and Monique Dopwell, aka Mo Betta. Jones' co-defendants, members of her rap "family," Jr. "These charges are baseless and I'm confident that the case against her will be completely dismissed," her lawyer, Mel Sachs, told reporters. Jones is charged with conspiracy to commit perjury, obstruction of justice, and three counts each of making false statements and perjuring herself during three separate appearances before a grand jury that was investigating a February 2001 shooting in front of a Manhattan hip-hop radio station.
Lil' Kim, whose real name is Kimberly Jones, is one of four defendants named in the 25-page, 17-count indictment handed down by U.S. NEW YORK (Court TV) - Rapper Lil' Kim turned herself in to authorities Wednesday morning after being charged with lying to a grand jury about a three-year-old shootout between members of her entourage and those of rival rap duo Capone-N-Noreaga.
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