On March 24 , 2019 , Lil ' Kim announced that the album would be released in May 2019 . Kim describes the meaning behind her fifth album in a interview with BET on the red carpet at the 2019 BET Awards , “ it ’s a spiritual awakening number for me . Also , when I started out in Junior M.A.F.I.A. it was 9 members , my daughter was born June 9th , Biggie died March 9th , it is twenty-nineteen . It ’s a powerful number for me . One day , you know , I ’m very spiritual and one day God was talking to me and I was like ‘ 7 is my favorite number ’ and He was like ‘ yes but 9 is your favored number ’ and I said thank you Jesus , I love you . I ’m going with 9 . ”
2019 BET Awards
BET Awards 2019
9 (Lil' Kim album)