Foxy Brown (Inga Marchand) was born on September 6, 1978, in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, better known as Foxy Brown, is an American rapper of Afro-Trinidadian and Asian Trinidadian descent. (Brown has denied Filipino ancestry.)

She is known for her solo work as well as for her numerous collaborations, and her brief stint as part of hip-hop music group The Firm. She has released three albums: Ill Na Na (1996), Chyna Doll (1999), and Broken Silence (2001) while also being featured on Nas, Foxy Brown, AZ, and Nature Present The Firm: The Album (1997).

After a bitter split with her record label Def Jam in 2003, Brown ended up in label limbo.

In 2004, childhood friend and collaborator Jay-Z signed Brown to his Roc-A-Fella Records label, when he became the president of the company. Currently, she is signed to Koch Records.