Just two years after Lil’ Kim was released from prison, negative criminal activity still looms over the pint-size Grammy Award winning rapper.

On Sunday night, the former Junior M.A.F.I.A. front-woman celebrated her 34th birthday at the New York City nightclub, Spotlight Live, with the likes of LisaRaye McCoy Misick and Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott.

Later, it was discovered that a young female partygoer was dead.

The body of 24-year-old Ingrid Rivera, who had been missing since early Monday morning, was discovered Wednesday in a rooftop utility closet at the Times Square nightclub.

On Thursday, New York Police said Syed Rahman, a club employee, confessed to the beating death of Rivera, whom was allegedly removed from the venue due to her intoxication.

“After Ms. Rivera had been ejected from the club Rahman lured her back inside through an employee entrance,” NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly explained. “He used the freight elevator to take her to the electrical shed on the roof where he struck her in the back of the head with a 2 ½-foot metal pipe.”

Investigators told media outlets that one of Rivera’s girlfriends had fought off Rahman’s sexual advances just 20 minutes before he beat Rivera.

Cold blooded.

Lil’ Kim, born Kimberly Denise Jones, apparently didn’t have anything to do with the vicious murder.

One would hope not.

But she, herself, has been known for rapping about beatings, shootings and all sorts of illicit activity over the years – causing many to question whether or not is life imitating art.

The ‘Lady Marmalade’ rapper spent nearly 10 months behind bars for lying about a shootout outside a Manhattan hip-hop radio station, HOT-97.

Unlike other mainstream blond celebrities (Martha Stewart, Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie), Lil’ Kim – released early for good behavior – has had a difficult time regaining her foothold in the hip-hop industry.

She severed ties with her longtime record label, Atlantic Records, shortly after her incarceration. No deal has been solidified since, although she made a cameo on Keyshia Cole’s hit record ‘Let It Go.’

ast month, it was revealed that publishing giant Simon & Schuster was suing her for breach of contract – for a proposed memoir that never materialized.

Last year, the Brooklyn native was pulled over by New York City policemen for driving a Lamborghini without a license plates and tags.

Drama seems to never end with her.

Regarding the Spotlight Live murder, which should ultimately lead to the club – which has become a haunt for hip-hop thugs and the men and women who love them – shuttering, Lil’ Kim’s spokesperson Ronn Torossian offered: “Lil Kim mourns the death of Ms. Rivera. She knew nothing of this incident until she heard media reports.”