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'''Inga DeCarlo Fung Marchand''' (born September 6, 1978),{{refn|An arrest report by the [[Broward County Sheriff's Office]] dated February 16, 2007, listed her birth year as 1978. An article in ''The New York Times'' from September 8, 2007, stated: "Ms. Brown, who turned 29 on Thursday [September 6], had tried to conceal her identity by writing her name as Enga rather than Inga, and giving her date of birth as 1980 rather than 1978." The website AllMusic lists her birth date as September 6, 1979. An ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' article from March 9, 2001, appears to support the 1979 birth year. In her song "I Don't Need Nobody", Marchand raps "1978 / The year I was born".<ref>[https://youtube.com/watch?v=WKdBvLZMKgw "I Don't Need Nobody"] on YouTube</ref>|group=nb}} better known by her stage name '''Foxy Brown''', is an American rapper.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BkQ5K5dDbBZ/?igshid=w816w8kftnpo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BkQ5K5dDbBZ |archive-date=December 26, 2021 |url-access=registration|website=Instagram|title=Foxy Brown – Instagram|publisher=Foxy Brown}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Upon being signed to [[Def Jam Recordings]] in 1996, she released her debut studio album, ''[[Ill Na Na]]'', in November of that year to critical and commercial success. It peaked at number seven on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], received [[RIAA certification|platinum]] certification by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA), sold over seven million units worldwide, and was supported by the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]-top ten single "[[I'll Be (Foxy Brown song)|I'll Be]]" (featuring [[Jay-Z]]).
 
The following year, she formed the New York City-based hip hop supergroup [[The Firm (hip hop group)|theThe Firm]] with [[Nas]], [[AZ (rapper)|AZ]] and [[Cormega]] (who was replaced by [[Nature (rapper)|Nature]]). [[The Album (The Firm album)|The Firm's sole album]] (1997) was released by [[Dr. Dre]]'s [[Aftermath Entertainment]] and peaked atop the ''Billboard'' 200 despite unfavorable critical reception. Her second album, ''[[Chyna Doll (album)|Chyna Doll]]'' (1998) saw continued commercial success and also debuted atop the ''Billboard'' 200, making her the second female rapper to do so after [[Lauryn Hill]] in 1998. Her third album, ''[[Broken Silence (Foxy Brown album)|Broken Silence]]'' (2001) peaked at number five on the chart and earned her first [[Grammy Award]] nomination for its song "Na Na Be Like".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/foxy-brown/12597|title=Foxy Brown|date=May 22, 2018}}</ref> She then parted ways with Def Jam in 2003, cancelling the release of her fourth album ''[[Ill Na Na 2: The Fever]]''; however, frequent collaborator and the label's then-president, Jay-Z signed her to the label once more to record for another ultimately-shelved album, ''Black Roses''.
 
Following years of legal issues and a lack of output, Marchand released the mixtape ''[[Brooklyn Don Diva]]'' in 2008. Her [[visual album]], ''[[King Soon Come (Foxy Brown album)|King Soon Come]]'' was slated for release in 2019, but has since been delayed indefinitely.<ref name="Winslow">{{Cite news|url=https://allhiphop.com/2017/03/02/rapper-foxy-brown-gives-birth-baby-girl/|title=Rapper Foxy Brown Gives Birth to a Baby Girl|last=Winslow|first=Mike|date=March 2, 2017|access-date=August 20, 2017|publisher=AllHipHop|quote=Foxy Brown is working on her latest album, King Soon Come.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theblackloop.com/wow-foxy-brown-just-gave-birth-baby-girl-shocks-everyone/|title=Wow! Foxy Brown Just Gave Birth to a Baby Girl! Shocks Everyone!|last=Loop|first=The Black|access-date=August 20, 2017|quote=Congrats to Foxy Brown! Foxy Brown is working on her latest album ''King Soon Come''.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822175050/https://www.theblackloop.com/wow-foxy-brown-just-gave-birth-baby-girl-shocks-everyone/|archive-date=August 22, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Madden">{{Cite news|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2017/09/happy-birthday-foxy-brown/|title=Happy Birthday, Foxy Brown!|last=Madden|first=Sidney|access-date=September 30, 2017|quote=To date, Foxy is said to be working on her fourth studio album, ''King Soon Come''.}}</ref><ref name="Clark">{{Cite news|url=http://www.essence.com/celebrity/foxy-brown-shares-first-photo-her-adorable-baby-girl|title=Foxy Brown Shares The First Photo Of Her Adorable Baby Girl|last=Clark|first=Danielle Kwateng|access-date=September 30, 2017|quote=Currently she's working on her fourth studio album.}}</ref>