According to Bloomberg, Simon & Schuster claim they paid Foxy Brown $75,000 in 2005 to turn in an autobiography called Broken Silence by February 2006.

Lil' Kim was paid $40,000 in 2003 for a novel that was due by June 2004.

After signing the book deals, both women were imprisoned for several months.  Lil' Kim went to prison in 2005 for lying about a shooting.  Brown was locked up last year for violating probation arising from a fight with two manicurists.

“Both accepted the money, and both books never were delivered,” S&S spokesman Adam Rothberg told Bloomberg.