Throughout her life, Foxy Brown has always hung around the fellas. Unfortunately, the Brooklyn MC says she's had to deal with losing a bunch of the men in her life — from boyfriends to cousins — to the penal system. She's keeping hope that at least one will get out soon, her childhood friend Shyne.
"We have a real special relationship that supercedes music," Foxy, who appears twice on Shyne's upcoming LP, Godfather Buried Alive, detailed about their connection on Tuesday, in between hitting a mixtape shop and getting a pedicure.
"We've known each other since I was 13. He calls me Pinga — my name is Inga, but he calls me Pinga. We have a real special bond. I witnessed the transformation of him before he was Shyne, just running around wilding in Flatbush [in Brooklyn] to getting signed. Then I went through the phase of seeing him being the hottest rapper with the biggest buzz in the industry."
Foxy and Shyne were so tight, she says she stayed by his side during his trial. And when their worst fears were confirmed and he was found guilty in June 2001 of assault, gun charges and reckless endangerment she visited him in jail.
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