Freshly-released rapper Lil' Kim is desperate for reports she's been ditched by her record company to come true.

The hip-hop star - who left prison last month after serving 10 months of a 366-day sentence for perjury - is currently signed to Atlantic Records.

But the 31-year-old is keen for her contract to be renegotiated or, even better, terminated.

Her lawyer L Londell McMillan told MTV: "We are having discussions which I cannot confirm the details (of) at this time.

"However, we do wish Atlantic would release and simply free Kim."