Lil' Kim: I Watched 'DWTS' In Prison

"The Insider" joined Lil' Kim and her pro dance partner Derek Hough during rehearsals for their first performance on the new season of "Dancing with the Stars," and the multi-platinum, Grammy-winning rapper and singer tells us she's a "huge fan" of the ABC show!

"When I was in prison, me and my girls used to watch ['Dancing with the Stars']," says Kim. "My girls were like, 'Kim, you need to be on that show.' In prison you have to all agree what shows you watch. If we can't agree, it doesn't get watched. Everyone watched it faithfully. It's like the No. 1 show in prison!"

In 2005, Kim (aka Kimberly Denise Jones) was defending herself against a perjury charge in a case involving the whereabouts of her manager during a shooting outside a New York radio station in 2001. She was ultimately sentenced to one-year-and-a-day in the Philadelphia Detention Center.

On partnering with last year's "DWTS" champ Derek (with Brooke Burke), Kim says, "I was hoping and praying that I got Derek for my partner." Derek responds, "I was nervous [to meet Kim], but she's so soft-spoken and nice. We gelled immediately."

Watch "The Insider" for more with Lil' Kim and "Dancing with the Stars," premiering Monday March 9!

Published 3/2/09 by the Insider

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  • hey why did she go to prison
    Anonymous 4/13/09 Reply
  • I am a huge fan of DWTS and I am so proud of Lil Kim. I have been a fan for such a long time and I am so shocked that she was on the show this season. I get excited every season now becasue DWTS is putting on all my girls on the show. I see Lil Kim...
    Anonymous 4/10/09 Reply
  • she wasn't a rat or a squeler..
    Anonymous 4/4/09 Reply
  • There are alot of kids that watch this show. So it is okay to go to prison & then you can be on DWTS! With all the talent out there I think the producers made a very poor choice. Plus she is really letting everyone know where she came from.
    Anonymous 3/12/09 Reply
  • Lil Kim is starting to look like the singer MUTYA BUENA.
    They kind of look a like it's crazy!!!!!!1
    Anonymous 3/10/09 Reply
  • Boy oh Boy - Dancing with the "stars" is digging deep when they put someone like Lil'Kim on. Every season just gets worse with old has beens and people who never were stars!!
    Anonymous 3/10/09 Reply
  • I Luuuuuuuuuuuv Lil'Kim! Girl can rap, sing, act.. pretty much everything! I can't wait!!
    Anonymous 3/9/09 Reply
  • i would love to get to do that show, helps you lose weight and tone up and also to be all dolled up in the makeup and outfits!!!!
    diva7423 3/4/09 Reply
  • DON'T YOU MEAN THE HIP HOP "HOOKER-PIMP"
    COMMUNTITY.IT'S TRASH LIKE HER THAT MAKES THIS COUNTRY LOOK BAD!YOU PEOPLE DEFEND
    BAD BEHAVIOR? WHAT HAS THIS WORLD COME TO!
    Anonymous 3/4/09 Reply
  • I love Lil Kim for her amazing contribution to Hip Hop. In my opinion, no female rapper has ever come close to her skills. She has had too much surgery but she is actually looking better than before and seems focused. I'm not upset that she laughed...
    Anonymous 3/4/09 Reply
  • Is is me or does Lil Kim look like she went to the same plastic surgeon as Michael Jackson
    Anonymous 3/4/09 Reply
  • THAT IS WHY THIS WORLD HAS GONE TO ! PEOPLE THINK AN INMATE, A GANGSTER, A TRASH MOUTH PERSON IS A STAR!GET REAL WHAT HAS THIS WORLD COME TO.
    Anonymous 3/3/09 Reply
  • TO THE RESPONSE TO THE PERSON BELOW,I WASN'T WATCHING THE VIDEO I WAS MAKING A COMMENT ON HOW NASTY SHE IS! ANYONE THAT LAUGHS ABOUT BEING IN JAIL,HAS NOT CHANGED! WHAT'S SO FUNNY ABOUT BEING IN JAIL.AND PEOPLE DO MAKE MISTAKES AND LEARN FROM THEM...
    Anonymous 3/3/09 Reply
  • Im sure her bestie Victoria Gotti will tune in when the show starts
    Anonymous 3/3/09 Reply
  • She messed* her faces up that is... =P
    Anonymous 3/3/09 Reply