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Rapper Foxy Brown Freed

Posted Apr 19, 08 10:25 AM CDT in Arts & Living,  Crime & Courts,  Gossip 

(Newser) – Feisty rapper Foxy Brown walked free from Riker's Island prison yesterday after serving 8 months behind bars for battling with manicurists in a New York nail salon, E! News reports. Brown had been sentenced to a year in jail for probation violations stemming from the fight. The rowdy hip-hop star waved to a crowd of waiting fans and was whisked away in a Rolls-Royce.

Brown had a troubled time inside and was sentenced to 40 days in solitary for getting into a fight with another inmate. But she already has projects in the works. A reality show will chart her readjustment to life outside prison and a long-delayed album should be out next month. "She's ready to hit the ground running," her manager said.

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Foxy Brown, whose birth name is Inga Marchand, enters Manhattan criminal court, Tuesday, Aug, 22, 2007, in New York.   (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)
Foxy Brown, whose real name is Inga Marchand, exits Manhattan Criminal Court, seen in this March 1, 2007, file photo in New York. Brown was released from prison yesterday after serving eight months.   (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)
Singer Foxy Brown exits Manhattan criminal court in this 2005 file photo in New York.   (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano, FILE)
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