Foxy Brown is a female rapper and hip-hop artist from Brooklyn, New York. Her debut album Ill Na Na was released in 1996 and sold more than 109,000 copies the first week. Included in the album was her first hit single "I'll Be" which she recorded with Jay-Z. On May 13, 2008, Brown released her fourth album Brooklyn's Don Diva.
In July 2009, Foxy Brown was sued by the IRS for failing to pay $641,558 in taxes between the years of 2003 and 2006.http://perezhilton.com/2009-07-20-foxy-brown-sued-by-the-irs
Legal Troubles
Aside from her successful career in music, Brown has received much publicity for her run-ins with the law. In May of 2008, she reportedly pleaded guilty to threatening her neighbor with her cell phone. The neighbor was issued a protective order keeping Brown at a distance. Brown was also ordered to write a letter of apology. On May 1, 2009, the lawsuit against Brown was dropped.
In 1997, Brown was ordered to perform 80 hours of community service after spitting on two hotel workers when they didn't provide her with an iron.
Brown was sentenced to a year in jail for an alleged August 2004 fight with two manicurists over a dispute with money.
Foxy Brown On Tour
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Fast Facts
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Name
Inga Fung Marchand
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Born
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Label
Koch Records
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Fact:
Asian and Afro-Trinidadian descent
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January 25, 1997
Arrested for allegedly spitting on two hotel workers in Raleigh, North Carolina
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August 29, 2004
Sentenced to a year in jail for an alleged fight with two manicurists
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Fact:
While in jail, put in solitary confinement after an alleged fight with another inmate, and refusing a drug test
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2007
Was accused of assaulting a neighbor with her cell phone
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May 2009
A lawsuit filed by Brown's neighbor was dismissed by a NY judge
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Fact:
Was said to have once been engaged to Spragga Benz and Rick Ross
