5 Times Cher, Nicki Minaj & Others Pulled Off Lil’ Kim’s Pasties Look

When Lil’ Kim showed up to the 1999 MTV Music Video Awards in a purple Misa Hylton-Brim pantsuit with a matching seashell pasty over her left breast, her iconic look became an instant legend. Since then, musicians have paid homage to the provocative statement in their own ways, whether it be politically charged or a fashionable fix to sheer material.

Here are five times music’s most stylish ladies have pulled off pasties like Lil’ Kim:

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