*Foxy Brown is firing back against a report in the New York Post this week that claimed she received preferential treatment while serving a nine month prison sentence at Riker’s Island.
*Foxy Brown is firing back against a report in the New York Post this week that claimed she received preferential treatment while serving a nine month prison sentence at Riker’s Island.
The Post said prison officials were acting like “fawning valets,” allowing her unlimited TV/phone use, makeup accessories, luxury clothing, and outside meals.
The Brooklynite, born Inga Marchand, released a statement Wednesday through her publicist to refute every allegation made in the Post article.
“In response to the sensationalized front cover article and erroneous allegations made by the NY Post, NO special privileges were afforded Foxy Brown at Riker’s Island,” said Brown’s publicist. “In fact, due to her celebrity status, many basic privileges were denied by the Warden and rules over-enforced. Her meals were served off the tray, she wore prison garb, and had the same phone time allotted her as any other inmate.”
The NY Post also claims the rapper’s special treatment was due to the work of prison Imam Umar Adul-Jalil, who networked with the prison’s warden to make sure Brown had the resources to continue interviews and photo-ops.
To this, Foxy’s team says: “Once again hip hop is on blast, denouncing our brand and depicting our culture as having an irreproachable ‘sense of entitlement. There was no valet service, meals from Mr. Chows, makeup, or C.O. gatherings in her cell. It was incarceration, not a vacation. These invidious allegations, obviously made by an envious corrections employee are clearly fabricated.”