Rapper Foxy Brown “Inga Marchand,” 27, reportedly was set-up by her now ex-boyfriend after alledgely dumping him. According to reports, the rapper had attended a party with her boyfriend at the Louis H. Pink Houses at Crescent Street and Stanley Avenue in Brooklyn before dumping him after finding out he was a pimp. Reports state that four people teamed up on the female rapper, three of whom which were her boyfriends alleged women. The rapper was robbed for a Louis Vuitton bag, $500 in cash and credit cards, a hearing aid and necklaces on Saturday at around 5:30 in the morning.
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Rapper Foxy Brown “Inga Marchand” has been having her moments over the past few years after allegedly attacking two manicurist in a New York nail salon, violating her three year probation and beating up a beauty store owner.
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New album by rapper Keith Murray is expected to be released under Koch Records entitled “Rap-Murr-Phobia (Fear of Real Hip Hop). The album is set for a July 31, 2007 release and will feature R&B/Rap artist and actor Tyrese Gipson, Method Man (Wu-Klan) and Murray’s Def Squad mates Redman and Erick Sermon.
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Recently female rapper Foxy Brown was booted from the Power 105.1 morning radio show for trying to dictate the interview and dodging questions on rumors that she was removed from Def Jam’s roster.

When Egypt & Ashy of Power 105.1 asked her if she had been dropped, Foxy Brown denied everything before saying she left the label herself.

“See, what people don’t know is that I initiated leaving Def Jam. They didn’t drop me, they could never drop me. I am a multi-platinum artist,” according to reports.

When Foxy Brown was questioned about the nail salon incident where she was alledgedly accused of assaulting a manicurist Foxy Brown stated, “I am not getting into what took place in the nail salon because it was an unfortunate incident that I learned from.”

Power 105.1 Egypt confronted Foxy Brown by stating to her, “But you contacted me to talk about these things. This is your opportunity, your platform to set the record straight. You have to admit that people say you are hard to work with and have a bad attitude.”

Foxy told the DJ’s the she was not answering them and that they were disrespectful. “I told you when I called you what type of questions I wanted for my interview,” stated Foxy.

“Foxy, you leave the room, this interview is over,” stated one of the DJ’s.

The DJ’s had enough of her behavior and how she wanted to control the interview. With that kind of Diva behavior she’ll be getting booted from more than just radio.

While touring in Sydney, Kanye West, 29, happen to be checking out of the Opera House at the same time as a large media pack was photographing British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, also known as Borat.

It’s stated the rapper attempted to cross the road and appeared to be pushed by an Opera House security guard.

“I just thought it was funny because he didn’t even stop my friend and he stopped me,” West said after the incident. “Then he pushed me.”

Reports say that an onlooker stated that the security officer singled the producer/rapper out because he was an African American.

The Opera House spokesman states they will review the footage of the incident, and highly believe that guard was just doing his job.

According to sources a New York judge warned a lawyer for Foxy Brown on Monday that the rapper would be arrested and thrown in jail if she missed her sentencing on assault charges.

Inga Marchand “Foxy Brown” had been scheduled to appear Monday morning in Criminal Court in Manhattan, however when her case was called, defense attorney Frank Rothman said his client was home recovering from a dental procedure — an excuse that angered Judge Melissa C. Jackson.

“I don’t take this kindly,” the judge said. “I don’t believe she is incapable of being here.”

The judge on Monday rejected a motion by Foxy Brown to withdraw her guilty plea and said the sentencing would be held on Tuesday. She warned that if the rapper failed to show up, she would void a plea deal sparing her jail time and sentence her to a year behind bars.

Frank Rothman has assured the judge that this time his client would be there. “She’s showing no disrespect,” he said.

Foxy Brown pleaded guilty in August to misdemeanor assault charges stemming from a fight with nail salon workers over a manicure.

The prosecutors said 26-year-old Foxy Brown, kicked one employee and smacked a second in the face on Aug. 29, 2004, in an argument over payment for a manicure at Bloomie Nails.

The rapper had claimed she made her plea-deal decision under duress. “I find her plea was entered voluntarily,” the judge said.

The deal would require Brown to serve three years probation and take anger management classes.

Rapper Foxy Brown “Inga Marchand” was sentenced Tuesday to three years probation for a fight with two Manhattan nail salon employees, finally ending an assault case that dragged on for more than two years.

Sources state that Foxy Brown tried to withdraw her guilty plea but a Manhattan judge said the agreement was legitimate and imposed the sentence.

“I’m innocent,” Brown argued before the judge, claiming that she felt rushed at the time that she made the plea agreement. She also asserted that her previous lawyer had told her that she would face jail unless she agreed to the deal.

Judge Melissa C. Jackson, after listening to the last pleas from the rapper and her attorney, rejected the appeal for a two-week extension and new arguments, instead handing down the sentence worked out in earlier negotiations.

“The purpose of a reargument is not to let the parties go over issues that have already been decided,” Judge Melissa C. Jackson said. The judge warned Brown that if she did not abide by the conditions of her probation, the rapper faced a possible sentence of one year in jail.

Foxy Brown arrived at court with her bodyguard and her attorney in a black SUV. Foxy Brown wore black high heels with small white polka dots, sunglasses and skin-tight black pants.

Throughout the trial it has been stated that Foxy Brown hired three different attorneys and has tried once before to change her guilty plea and was threatened with jail time for missing a court appearance on Monday. An angry Judge Melissa C. Jackson promised to throw Brown in jail for a year if she did not show up for the sentencing this past Tuesday.

Rapper Fab Five Freddy had a small exchange of words over the Iraq war with George Bush senior.

According to sources, the rapper stated “We were out on the field to watch U2 and Green Day and George Bush Sr. walked by. I got in his way and yelled, “We need to bring the troops home!” He told me, ‘We must win this war.” So I said again, ‘”Bring the troops home” – and even though people tried to herd him away, he came back and said,”I don’t really have anything to do with it.”

Bush, Sr and Fab Five Freddy was at New Orleans to watch the home team play a football game at the Superdome.

After finishing up an overseas with Public Enemy, member Flavor Flav will bring his self-titled solo debut which has been in the works for over a year. The album is expected to hit shelves on Halloween, October 31 under his own label, Drayton Records, and Redeye Distribution.

“This is my first and only album ever because I want it to be a collector’s item,” states Flav. “I always wanted to do a solo album but coming up through the years there’s been a lot of obstacles in my way that have stopped me from being able to do so.”

The new album will feature a guest appearance by Smooth Bee of the duo Nice & Smooth on the track “Baby Baby Baby.” “This is the way I want people to perceive me so I don`t have [any] collaborations,” says Flav, who also experiments with R&B on the album. “It has music for all ages, from 10 up `til senior citizens. I worked hard on it and everything is Flav.”

“Flavor Man” is stated to be his favorite track. “It’s because of the heart and soul that I put into it. I’m playing live instruments on there and doing all my lead vocals and background vocals,” he says. “I always pictured it being a big record.”

As far as “Flavor of Love” goes he plans on putting the show to rest and explore other opportunties.

“If there’s a connection this season then there might not be a reason for “Flavor of Love 3,” he says. “I ain’t scared to do it again, but I ain’t really trying to. I want to do a talk show or something. I’ve done enough dating on TV. I’m ready to spread my wings and go down other avenues. I don’t want to just stay stuck on one page cause you don’t make it to the end of the book that way.”

Flav is planning on doing a solo tour, a book and another Public Enemy album which will possibly be done by him. Flav states, “Chuck D wants to release another Public Enemy album, but I always wanted the next Public Enemy album to be done by me.”

Kurtis Blow is now following the steps of other gospel hip-hop icons such as the late O’Landa Draper, Mr. Del, Kirk Franklin and others. He has formed a Christian record label Music Ministry Recordings in partnership with EMI Gospel. Kurtis Blow says he formed it in attempt to get young people to go back to church.

In addition to forming a label he has launched his TV show “Hip-Hop America” which broadcasts the religious service at the Hood Memorial Church in Harlem, New York City.