Beyoncé Came Through and Snatched Every Single Wig With This Tribute to Lil’ Kim

By Claire Downs

Beyoncé blessed us with not 1 but 5 fashion homages to none other than Lil’ Kim this Friday and the internet went wild. Queen B and Jay-Z went as Kim and The Notorious B.I.G. for Halloween, but the real story went down on at the end of the week when Bey released a full catalogue of the rapper’s looks on her website. Try not to lose your wig as you view pics from her series, titled “Halloween 2017: Lil’ Kim Appreciation, Hip Hop Would Not Be The Same Without Our Original Queen B.”

Without further ado...the lewks that shook the internet.

Beyoncé as Lil Kim from Missy Elliot's "Rain" video.

Bey as Kim in Manhattan File Magazine 2001.

Chanel-printed wig and all.

Iconic furry nude look. Note the “Petty Images” Caption

Can you believe this woman had twins this year?

Blue slip, blue fur, blue color contacts. Yes.

This highlighter realness from Kim’s “No Way Out” tour (1997)

Then came the reactions!

Some were thankful that Bey acknowledged Kim's influence

Some took it as an opportunity to be shady.

Most died...

...and were resurrected

But the best reactions of all were Lil' Kim's!

The OG Queen Bee’s reaction was just as cute. Lil’ Kim told Power 105.1, “When I saw it, at first, I didn’t know if it was real or not, but it’s so cute! The Queen Bees.”

She also told Hot 97, "I thought they didn't think about me!"

We're crying.

The Queen Bee performed at VH1's Hip Hop Honors this year and she paid homage to late hip hop icon Prodigy of Mobb Deep.