As expected, US rapper Foxy Brown was last week released from prison just under nine months into her 12 month sentence for parole violation. She was released from the Rose Singer Center For Women at Rikers Island in New York on Friday, where she was greeted by her mother Judith Marchand, lawyer Charles Barron, hundreds of reporters and fans, and her entourage, including a hair stylist, makeup artist and her managers, who arrived in a fleet of luxury vehicles. You know, the usual.
As much previously reported, Foxy Brown was sent to jail for visiting Florida without permission while on parole for hitting a neighbour in the face with a Blackberry. During her time in the slammer, the rapper was regularly in the news for various misdemeanours, which landed her in solitary confinement. More recently, her lawyers attempted to get her released even earlier, due to an ear infection.
The high profile release is just perfectly timed given the planned 13 May release of Brown's new album 'Brooklyn's Don Diva', if only every rock star or hip hopper could schedule their prison time so perfectly around their release schedules.