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Queen Bee Entertainment

American record label

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 15, 2025
Entity authorityQ7270229 ↗
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Queen Bee Entertainment (also known as International Rock Star Records) is a record label founded by American rapper Lil' Kim in 1999. It has signed artists including Lil Cease and Tiffany Foxx. The label's name is a reference to Lil' Kim's alias "Queen Bee."

History

In 1999, Lil' Kim started her own label, after previously being contracted to Big Beat/Undeas. She got help from Sean Combs with starting her own label, and signed Junior MAFIA as the first act. In December 1999, Kim then signed to Atlantic, which agreed to also provide distribution for the artists on her label. In 2006, Kim partnered with Lance Rivera along with Queen Latifah's Flavor Unit, which would be managing her career serve as stake holders for the label. Kim was later granted release from her contract with Atlantic, and in 2017, signed the label to a distribution deal with E1.

Artists

Lil' Kim (CEO and President)

Tiffany Foxx

Junior M.A.F.I.A.

Lil' Cease

Mr. Bristal

Blake C

Discography

Albums released on label

Mixtape releases

2008: Lil' Kim – Ms.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1999, 2006, 2017, 2008—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1999. The account is most persuasive where Queen, Entertainment and American can be independently traced.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Oct 15, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q7270229. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1999, 2006, 2017 and 2008.

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This entry incorporates text from “Queen Bee Entertainment” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.