Born: 6 September 1979
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York
Best known as: Sassy rapper of Ill Na Na
Name at birth: Inga Marchand

Rapper Foxy Brown took her name from the sassy title character of the 1974 'Blaxploitation' film starring Pam Grier. Brown's supporting rap on Jay-Z's hit "Ain't No Nigga" put her on the map, and her 1996 album Ill Na Na (recorded when she was 16) sold over a million copies. Chyna Doll (1999) featured raps with Jay-Z and DMX and made #1 on the Billboard charts. Brown's in-your-face sexuality and revealing outfits added to her popularity and earned her comparisons with another Brooklyn rapper, Lil Kim. She also joined rappers Nature, Nas and AZ in the supergroup The Firm and had a cameo role in the 1998 film Woo. In late 2005 Brown announced that she had suffered complete hearing loss earlier in the year and was undergoing treatment that included surgery.

Extra credit: Brown's brother is the rapper Young Gavin... She has modelled in ads for Calvin Klein

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