The form lil is used, but the most common variant seems to be lil' (capitalized when it is a name). Wikipedia lil is a kind of prefix and is the short form of little. Lil 是little的简称。最早是黑人直接的亲密称呼，就跟你朋友叫你小李小张小王一样。 因为hiphop最早来自黑人街区， 所以最早很多rapper就保留了自己lil xxx的名字。就成了一.
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So when i abbreviate little, is it correct to write: Li'l' (with an apostrophe at the end for the missing e) i believe it is usually written li'l (without the apostrophe) but if we're leaving out the last. Lil uzi vert、lil yachty、kodak black、denzel curry、dave east、desiigner、21 savage等人，uzi在最中间。 人还直言不讳地说，曼森才是他偶像呢。 uzi 最大的心愿，就是和 marylin.
