Music Woman shouts out Lil' Kim's 'Quiet Storm (Remix)' bob-and-weave in helping her escape a shooting “So I’m dodging, I’m ducking, I’m dodging, I’m ducking, I’m dodging, doing my 'Lil Kim'." By Lester Fabian Brathwaite Lester Fabian Brathwaite Lester Fabian Brathwaite is a staff writer at Entertainment Weekly, where he covers breaking news, all things Real Housewives, and a rich cornucopia of popular culture. Formerly a senior editor at Out magazine, his work has appeared on NewNowNext, Queerty, Rolling Stone, and The New Yorker. He was also the first author signed to Phoebe Robinson's Tiny Reparations imprint. He met Oprah once. EW's editorial guidelines Published on May 1, 2024 08:43PM EDT Hot damn ho, here we go again. That must have run through young Shariah Taylor's head after the second shooting in a month at her Westgate Village apartment complex in Dothan, Ala. Luckily, Taylor was able to escape the gunfire due, in part, to "doing my Lil' Kim" — ducking and dodging like the Queen Bee in the classic "Quiet Storm (Remix)" video. Lil' Kim at the 2019 BET Hip Hop Awards. Aaron J. Thornton/WireImage Taylor described the actually terrifying incident to WTVY. The single mother was outside with her child when she suddenly heard about seven gun shots, which sent her scrambling to safety. “So I’m dodging, I’m ducking, I’m dodging, I’m ducking, I’m dodging, doing my 'Lil Kim'," Taylor said. "I’m trying to get my baby in the car, then I threw my baby in the backseat, and we just sped off.” Taylor's referring to the pop-and-lock bob-and-weave Kim debuted in the video for her collaboration with Mobb Deep on the 1999 remix to the duo's "Quiet Storm." For one of the raptress' greatest verses, Kim always busts out what has become known as the "Lil' Kim Dance" in which she simulates dodging bullets. While Kim rapped about s--- knocking "for blocks through hardtops in the parking lots," Taylor lived to tell the tale. But she still doesn't feel safe in her apartment complex. “If you stay in Westgate Village, stay in your house,” Taylor told WTVY. "That’s all I’ve got to say.” And maybe brush up on your late-90s hip hop dance moves. Reps for Lil' Kim did not immediately respond to Entertainment Weekly's request for comment. Related content: Lil' Kim claims her memoir's presales are 'surpassing the Bible' Queens creator explains why working on the ABC rap drama has him asking 'What is my f—ing life?' Lil' Kim wants to go up against Nicki Minaj for Verzuz battle