Rapper Lil' Kim was awarded $500,000 on Wednesday after winning a lawsuit launched against a former friend. The star filed suit against former Junior M.A.F.I.A. member James Lloyd - who testified against her in a criminal trial that led to her conviction for lying to a grand jury in 2005.

Kim originally sought $6 million in damages for the unauthorized use of her name and image in a DVD about the rap group, produced by Lloyd's company Ground Zero, to capitalize on her fame.

The 32 year-old rapper was released from a Philadelphia prison in July 2006 after being sentenced to one year and one day for conspiracy and perjury regarding her relationship with friends involved in a 2001 New York shooting.

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