RAP diva Lil’ Kim is facing up to 20 years in prison after being convicted in New York of lying to a federal grand jury to protect friends who were involved in a shoot-out outside a radio station.

Hip-hop star Lil' Kim entered a New York courtroom yesterday, where a jury was chosen to decide if she lied during the investigation of a shootout outside a radio station.

Rapper Lil’ Kim was charged today with conspiracy to commit perjury, making false statements and obstructing justice in connection with a 2001 New York shoot-out that left one man wounded.