NEWS ABOUT: Foxy Brown
Foxy Brown stories: 5 news briefs
Rapper wore designer duds, did photo shoot
New York Post Jun 21, 09 4:19 PM CDT
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Rapper Foxy Brown received star treatment on Rikers Island, wearing designer clothes and enjoying visits from prison officials during her 9-month stay on a parole violation, the New York Post reports. Angry Department of Corrections insiders say Brown was allowed private meals and cosmetics, unlimited TV and phone use, and an XXL magazine photo shoot to promote an album. "It's just out of control," said one official.
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Sez neither produced books they were paid for
Associated Press Jul 25, 08 10:11 AM CDT
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Simon & Schuster Inc. sued rappers Foxy Brown and Lil' Kim yesterday, saying they were paid advances for books they never delivered. The publishing house wants Brown to return a $75,000 advance she received in 2005 for an autobiography called Broken Silence and wants Lil' Kim to return the $40,000 advance they doled out in 2003 for a proposed novel.
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Rapper gets to stay out of jail for hurling phone at woman
New York Post May 9, 08 10:25 AM CDT
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A plea deal to settle charges that rapper Foxy Brown hurled a BlackBerry at a neighbor means the notorious bad girl had to pen an apology letter instead of going back to jail, the New York Post reports. "It's over," the hip-hop diva said. "I made a really good decision in my plea. They knew this was a weak case."
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Rowdy singer walks out of Riker's Island after 8 months
E! Online Apr 19, 08 10:25 AM CDT
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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.
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Rapper gets one-year sentence for assault with cell phone
Associated Press Sep 8, 07 7:59 AM CDT
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Rapper Foxy Brown faces a year in jail for a July 30 assault on a Brooklyn woman who complained about loud music on Brown’s car stereo. Brown, 28, hit the woman with a cell phone in the latest in a string of probation violations that includes flinging hair glue at a Florida beauty-shop employee and fighting with a cop.
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