Lil’ Kim is in full control as the cover girl of Rolling Out’s latest issue. Inside, she posts up in a corset top and spiked heels for her fierce photo shoot, while sending a reminder to the hip hop community that she is the blueprint for what all the other girls are doing now.

She also dishes on her legal issues that have prevented her from dropping an album, her current relationship with Diddy and the media’s fixation on her appearance.

Peep the highlights:

On how she feels about the media’s fixation with her & her appearance
“No disrespect, no shade, but I’m not going to answer [that] question because I think that’s kinda corny. I don’t know how to answer that. That’s not a question I would answer,” she says regarding the media’s ongoing fixation with her. “I’m blessed. That’s all I can say. And I am who I am.