Lil Kim: 'Nicki Minaj feud is for fans'

Lil Kim has claimed that she continues to feud with Nicki Minaj for the sake of her fans.

In an interview on MTV's Rap Fix Live, the rapper insisted that she owes it to her loyal supporters to fight back against Minaj's attempts to "put a cap on" her career.

"What kind of message would that send to my fans if I just sit back and watched?" she said.

"Let this girl do what she's doing. My fans were more fumed than I was. They were looking like, 'Do you see this? Do you hear this?' But at the end of the day, I understand what they were feeling. I owe my fans a whole lot."

Kim also hinted that she wants to put an end to the dispute once and for all, but insisted that she would come out on top should that come to pass.

"This is the thing: It's just, it's really, like, at the end of the day, I do what I have to do, and I'm gonna keep doing what I have to do. I'm gonna do me. They're the ones that brought this about. It could have been that simple. But what they did was underestimate me," she explained.

"They thought I was gonna sit back and let them do what they were doing. I'm gonna let everybody know: I'm on my Hollywood sophisticated, but I'll bring it back if I have to. And that's in life. I can't help it. I'm G'd up from my feet up. If I have to handle my business, I'mma handle my business. And I have to fight for my fans."