Foxy Brown Officially Indicted Over Court Violation

A 2007 confrontation with a neighbor has resulted in an indictment for rap diva Foxy Brown.

Yesterday (August 13th), the entertainer (born Inga Marchand) was charged with criminal contempt in the second degree.

Brown’s latest legal development stems from a violation of a court order of protection by Arlene Raymond.

Raymond filed the order following a heated exchange with Brown on July 30, 2007.

During the encounter, the rapper reportedly hit Raymond with her Blackberry after Raymond complained about Brown playing her car stereo too loud outside their building in Brooklyn.

In 2008, the order of protection was issued against Brown after she pleaded guilty to menacing Raymond with her cell phone.

During Brown’s hearing this week, prosecutors revealed the rhymesayer violated the order in July by screaming at Raymond in another argument.

During the confrontation, authorities say Brown bent over and exposed her buttocks at Raymond while cursing at her neighbor and showing her underwear.

Despite testifying Wednesday (August 11th) before a grand jury in her defense, Brown did not fare well in court in light of Friday’s indictment.

The rapper now faces up to one year in jail.

News of Brown’s indictment ends a week of lows for the entertainer, who’s brother, Gavin “Pretty Boy” Marchand, was arrested on August 7th for allegedly using a stolen credit card to purchase almost $8,000 worth of designer close from a store in Manhattan.

Gavin Marchand was one of a group of men apprehended by police for their role in the incident.

via - allhiphop.com

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Foxy Brown Says Firm Reunion Is Up To Nas And Cormega

Cornerstone Credentials: Foxy Brown and the Firm

The Firm are one of one. We haven't seen a collective quite like them. Back in the '90s, Nas, AZ, Foxy Brown and even Nature were able to drop endless classic material on mixtapes, be a part of the historic Puff Daddy-headlined No Way Out Tour and drop one platinum group album on Dr. Dre's Aftermath imprint.

For the past few years we've seen live hints at a reunion of the Firm. The core four, Nas, Foxy Brown, AZ and Cormega have performed together at shows in various permutations, but never all four at one time. Foxy Brown says everyone has talked about a real reunion, but differences between the Queens half of the group have to be ironed out first.

"We all sat down and conversed," she told MTV News recently. "We all know if it's not the main four, the only four, it can't be. Nas, myself, AZ and Cormega, that is the Firm. There is no other artist that can substitute for Nas, AZ, Cormega and myself. If all four of us can't do it, it can't be done."

Brown says she's still on great terms with the others.

"AZ and myself are inseparable throughout the years. He can walk in my house and go inside the refrigerator, get whatever he wants," she said. "Cormega is like my brother. You know Nas, Nas has gone his way. He got married and has gone through his own stuff. I went to prison, lost my hearing. We all just had our lives take different turns. We realized that everywhere we go, people are like, 'The Firm, the Firm.' A was like, 'We gotta do this.' That's when the rumors started."

During a recent concert in New York, Brown brought out AZ and Cormega. She says that before they all can fully reunite, Nas and Mega have to work things out.

"He and Cormega — everybody knows the legendary beef between them," she assessed. "So, [the challenge is] getting them in the same room together. Nas had a concert at Lincoln Center two Christmases ago. AZ wasn't there, but me and Cormega came out. So they can get in the same room together. And they can kind of alleviate the bullsh-- and say, 'Let's get this money now.'

We're older, let's get this money. "We started as babies," she added. "We were babies, like '96, '97, selling millions of records together. We have history together. I'm the one that's close to each one of them. I'm the link that can bring each one of them together. So it's Nas getting in the same room with Mega. And then we're good. His personal feelings with Mega, they have to work that out. Once they do that ... They have a history that AZ and I can't relate to. There's something they have to work out. I know I can get them together."

Foxy Brown Says Firm Reunion Is Up To Nas And Cormega