According to Jay Z, Def Jam signed hip-hop star Foxy Brown has recently been through ear surgery, and is on the way to a full recovery. Brown had lost her hearing in both ears due to a condition known as 'sudden sensorineural hearing loss', a rare disorder that can cause permanent deafness if it goes untreated. The Def-Jam president said: "She just had an operation out in LA and hopefully within the next couple of weeks her hearing will slowly start to come back."
Jay Z made the comments during a webchat with fans on the Roc-A-Fella site last week, also revealing that a tribute track for producer Jay Dee, who, as previously reported, recently died from Lupus at the age of 32, is set to be released: "They had made a song dedicated to him before he passed and we're gonna put that out in honor of him".