Niatia Jessica Kirkland (born October 4, 1989), better known by her stage name Lil Mama, is an MTV Music Award-nominated American rapper currently signed to Jive Records. Lil Mama was born in Harlem and later moved to the East New York section of Brooklyn, New York where she attended Edward R. Murrow High School. She is currently a judge on the show America's Best Dance Crew.