Last March, Lil’ Kim was convicted of perjury for lying to a federal grand jury concerning a shootout that occurred outside a radio station back in 2001. Three counts of perjury and one of conspiracy were the successful cases against her, but she was able to avoid conviction for obstruction of justice.

Lil’ Kim had testified before that she didn’t notice two close friends at the scene of the 2001 gun battle outside WQHT, also known as Hot 97, where Lil’ Kim’s entourage crossed paths with a rival rap group called Capone-N-Noreaga. Lil’ Kim’s entourage confronted them about an insult in one of their albums, and then later on, a shootout happened.

It was Kim’s testimony that she didn’t notice her manager Damion “D-Roc” Butler, and Suif “Gutta” Jackson at the scene, that got her convicted. Radio station security photos show Butler opening a door for her , while other witnesses testified that both men were at the station with her. The prosecutor, U.S. Attorney Cathy Seibel, told the jury that Lil’ Kim would have to have been wearing “magic sunglasses that only block out your friends who were shooting people,” to be able to not notice her friends at the scene of the crime.

Both Butler and Jackson have since pleaded guilty to gun charges, and Lil’ Kim’s assistant was also convicted on perjury and conspiracy charges along with her.

This June 6, Lil’ Kim was sentenced to a year and a day in prison, plus $50,000 in fines for her crime. She could have spent up to 20 years in prison on her conviction, so she’s lucky to have gotten off so easy.