Rapper's Missing Jewelry Recovered After Airport Fiasco

December 1, 2003
Daily Hip Hop Directory

Rapper's Missing Jewelry Recovered After Airport Fiasco

Rapper Lil' Kim got her bling-bling back. An estimated $250,000 worth of
jewelry belonging to the hip-hop performer and producer was recovered Friday
at Kennedy International Airport, where it had disappeared one week earlier.


The missing jewelry, including her signature diamond-encrusted "Queen Bee"
necklace, was found wrapped inside a rag by a United Airlines worker in a
locker room for airline employees, her attorney Mel Sachs said Saturday.
Diamond-covered platinum dog tags were also recovered. The rapper, whose
real name is Kimberly Jones, was catching a flight to Los Angeles on June 20
as she headed out for the Black Entertainment Television awards. 

She had a carry-on bag containing the jewelry. An error at the airline
check-in counter caused the carry-on piece of Louis Vuitton luggage to get
mixed in with the rest of the rapper's luggage. 

When the bag was recovered, the jewelry was missing, police said. Pasquale
DiFulco, a spokesman for the Port Authority, which operates the airports,
said Saturday no arrests were made. The investigation was continuing.


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