Foxy Brown Interview (1999)

Interviewed by Cynthia Garrett on 'Later' (1999). Discusses being the youngest female rapper, Jay-Z, issues with Brandy, more.

[@LightPrinceApollo]

When she came out like damn! That aura and beauty just stunning

[@appetite4chic878]

lynn perry right! It was that walk and everything

[@shaepowell2324]

Wow, Yes

[@brandybeeATL]

Yes!!!

[@UcheIfeNwabuoku]

@lynnperry I know right.

[@KingstonTV334]

@@appetite4chic878 she has a sway...very sexy

[@appetite4chic878]

I love watching Foxy’s interviews. It separates the hard rap image from her as a very articulate beautiful woman. Her skin tone is everything. It’s crazy how colorism can make even the most popping person insecure

[@Kevin-rg3yc]

Appetite 4 Chic yeah look at Nina Simone. Nina literally went through mental illness based on racism and colorism

[@laughinjackdaviscrawford5234]

@S White beauty is irrelevant

[@KurtisLeeLewis]

Crazy cos blackwomen are beautiful. Foxy. Kelly Rowland is one of the most beautiful women in the world to me Period!! Naomi Campbell.

[@lovefood4eva1983]

I love the face that foxy embraces her brown skin and not skin bleaching or wearing light make up like her counterparts are doing. That I admire foxy for that. She is a natural beautiful woman.

[@angechrisman1694]

@@lovefood4eva1983 Lil Kim ?

[@diormonroe1340]

She was such a well spoken young lady. It’s such a shame that the industry doesn’t give her the credit she deserves.

[@sweetz2010ful]

i love her skin

[@Giselle_Glam594]

YESSSSSS❤❤❤❤❤

[@adamgordon2572]

Dark Chocolate 🔥🔥

[@tweetylns]

She is so damn pretty ..miss her

[@blindfoldme4841]

she sounds so intelligent and so educated!

[@debrajames6316]

blind foldme Her mother was a school teacher so she definitely has a true understanding of English.

[@stakado17]

Foxy Brown : underrated queen of shade. I miss her so much.

[@SweetPea4EVER]

I heard dat!

[@TheeHeadTurnerTV]

That ‘pop corn image’ took me out 😭

[@sbrooks729]

Ironically, Brandy was one of the first celebirities to congratulate Fox publically when she gave birth to her daughter.

[@bitchdontirkme3954]

I love foxy brown she’s so well spoken and down the earth. She’s very confident and smart and she can flow frfr 💯💋

[@amantiabx]

She's very articulate

[@emanuelcarvalho8510]

yessss

[@tochiRTA]

rappers weren't the pop dummies that pass for 'rap' today

[@phoenixforce6595]

Foxy was 100% right. Brandy is such a hyporcite. Foxy was such a great talent and a very smart intelligent girl. So articulate. Shame how the industry almost destroyed her. Thank goodness she overcame her issues. Props to her for becoming a mother for the first time.

[@ohYex]

eddy chelsea how did that industry almost destroy her? Not being sarcastic, honestly would like to know thanks

[@tajang839]

oh Yex she lost her hearing, had beef with multiple people in the industry...

[@frankdayton731]

How was Brandy being a "hypocrite" though? She simply disagreed with her lyrics

[@letsbefair2675]

Then Brandy got pregnant before "Marriage " and had to hide it because of her teen image 🤫🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

[@jaibanks7151]

@@letsbefair2675 yap!

[@prettybrowngurl18]

Foxy so pretty.

[@brokenbulbs]

This woman is the real deal. She is able to take the language and the real culture and create a whole new sound. That isn't easy folks.

[@Mocs6574]

FOXY BROWN, WHAT CAN I SAY SHE IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY GOD BLESS

[@chris200999]

She could freestyle and write hit records. Love foxy

[@phoenixforce6595]

The Greatest female rapper of all time. No chick could spit and freestyle like Foxy. And she is so articulate. Foxy the game needs you!

[@shellyortiz1977]

Owww I feel bad for foxy going back to this interview loosing her hearing really change the way her voice sounds I met her in person is sad cause people are mean to her and they dont understand that is tough what shes being through..

[@sbrooks729]

She sounds closer to this again after therapy.

[@angeldoll6218]

Wow you met foxy brown that is amazing I would have lost it is a dream come true for me

[@angeldoll6218]

She got her hearing back a long time she is doing just fine she has a new baby girl

[@mysticalmesha6704]

She’s so soft spoken but you can tell she is not to be played with I love it so beautiful and strong the energy is there 💜

[@NOHSAL]

A 19 year old today could NEVERRRR

[@Tiaxxxxxooooo]

My Trinidadian sister ❤️ Proud Trini

[@MakeYouTubeGreatAgain1]

She's articulate, classy and very pretty in this clip. They exploited her looks and sexualized her instead of tapping into her full potential. Inga should speak up about what she went through in the industry for the young girls that want to be rappers today.

[@appetite4chic878]

I completely agree and have no doubt that’s why she fell back from the industry. This whole interview she keeps saying “people don’t see” ... I can tell she’s been through a lot with the industry and she kinda hints at it in her interviews

[@ebonyhouseofbeauty4492]

EXACTLY.

[@caramelking0693]

beautiful, brown and NATURAL !! no plastic here baby. and a great personality and intelligence to match. one of the best female rappers (if not THE best) to ever do this rap shit.

[@nyx8312]

Michael Jackson perfectly knew how to appreciate someone's beauty.

[@Eyeamempressessentials]

“Popcorn school girl Image” 😹😹😹

[@ReadyorNot811]

I think she meant bubble gum

[@ahmadwallace]

Ahmad Wallace’s Foxy Brown 🔴⚪️🔵⚫️

[@ms.titianabab7133]

The brown color that Ms. Foxy was wearing on, was beautiful on her and stunning.

[@damagedwolf21]

I love how she speaks. She's speaks with class and raps with sass❤💅🏿

[@lefty206]

She's so fine it's almost unbelievable

[@darkskinss]

This is what a chocolate Brooklyn queen looks like and how she conducts herself. I just love and always have loved Foxy.

[@celebrilee2803]

She really did read brandy her life...

[@Kiinxxvol.2]

The LeonaT facts!! 😂😂

[@appetite4chic878]

The polite shade cracked me up 💀🤣

[@nasirwest6502]

Facts brandy popcorn school girl image is not everybody favorite either.. this is 1 thing I didn’t like about brandy she is always judging others but she has skeletons in her closet .. she lied to her fans saying she was married to the guy she got pregnant by just to try keep a clean image.. she is fake and phony

[@lisabonae]

As she should’ve. Brandy had a lot of nerve with her fake self.

[@xKeepTheFaithx]

Such a great interview! She kept it so real 💯 It's so cool that Michael Jackson called her!

[@sbrooks729]

Michael was known for doing random calls to newcomers. He also called NaS around the time before IWW.

[@ahmadwallace]

🗽

[@ahmadwallace]

Ahmad Wallace’s Foxy Brown Ahmad Wallace’s Nas 🗽Brooklyn & Queens 🗽

[@teetee-lynn2939]

She so pretty 🙏😍

[@tretaylor86]

I love Foxy. She's truly the realist ❤️ inspired me to rap.

[@ahmadwallace]

🗽

[@CDGalore]

It kind of makes me sad watching this video because it seemed like she had a lot of plans for the future and seemed so excited about them, but everything after the Chyna Doll era just to go downhill for her and she was never able to pick herself back up when it came to her career. She still made a huge impact among female rappers but she deserved to have more longevity and to have accomplished much more things.

[@kwwells9531]

What do you consider achieve much more? Do you realize she had some health issues?

[@klassicalmuzik]

Kw Wells I think he was implying that before the health issues (specifically her hearing loss as the major one) came along there were other factors that played into her downfall. For example, in between Chyna Doll and Broken Silence she got into a nearly fatal car accident, battled a drug addiction, got robbed at gunpoint (with her mother next to her) from her own home, broke up with her fiancé (Kurupt), and then her Uncle died in the American Airlines Flight 587 in 2001. After Broken Silence she had issues with her record company, Def Jam, and after putting two years of hard work into her fourth album it got canceled and she left the label. Then she put more work into making her own independent label, was ready to release a new album, had all these gigs booked and then all of a sudden she lost her hearing. After that, people in the industry abandoned her and considered her unemployable. Thankfully she got her hearing back after a year, but that wasn’t the end of her troubles. She also faced legal issues for several years after. So yes there are a lot of factors contributing to her issues (half of which weren’t even her fault) aside from her health issues and hearing loss. Personally, I love Foxy so much, but I love Inga more, so I don’t care if she decides never to make music again. All I want is for her to be happy and healthy. She’s given us so many wonderful tunes and made an impact on rap music that as far as I’m concerned, she’s a legend and an icon.

[@appetite4chic878]

@@klassicalmuzik okay you explained everything really well. I always wondered what happened besides the temporary hearing loss. She was a mega star

[@artemuliashkevych7892]

@@klassicalmuzik that's a great comment, thank you

[@angeldoll6218]

@@appetite4chic878yes she has gotten that back by now

[@klassicalmuzik]

I love Ingy’s story about the time she got a call from Michael Jackson.

[@MKnight1121]

such a gem of an interview

[@prettybrowngurl18]

She called Brandy "pop corn" , ctfu

[@johntucker4056]

I don’t get how no one puts foxy brown in there top five female rappers it’s crazy! She is beautiful as hell! I wonder why we don’t mess with the industry anymore. She’s beautiful melanin beauty

[@rjones99]

Foxy wore the shit out of that dress!

[@AnAdorableWombat]

She is absolutely gorgeous!!!!

[@23dgoudeau]

Foxy was looking damn good here

[@1TastyFreeze]

At least Foxy is honest and has a sense of self regardless if you like her image or not. It was in your face and your gonna deal with it type stuff

[@thomasgary1219]

Up until now I've only heard her songs never heard her speak. She is NOTHING like I thought, so soft spoken and intelligent.

[@TheBAZOOKABUBBA]

She is very educated one of my favorite female rappers!!!!!

[@ron1984cbrown]

Foxy looks good !

[@12gossip90]

She is so stunning 😍

[@Naomiluvsice]

She interviews so well

[@anjolaxo3875]

Foxy is queennnnn!!! Stunning with bars😻😻💕

[@PatrickEgwu]

My girl, Fox! One of the dopest female rappers of all time!👌🏾

[@jaibanks7151]

Faxs!

[@jaajaarogers9101]

Industry needs more dark skin ladies like Ms 🦊Brown ! As no dark skin ladies are in industry no more !!!!🤗

[@TINKERB121]

Normani is coming

[@SR77736]

Yes there are.

[@itznaz6854]

@@jahirjimenez6073 Megan aint darkskin luv.

[@misshaleen1621]

@@jahirjimenez6073 megan is far from dark skin.

[@gbiggaveli2564]

@@misshaleen1621 megan ain't dark skin what drugs are on ? 😂😂😂

[@RumChocolates]

Absolutely intelligent young woman.

[@alyssajones4368]

Lmfao "Popcorn school girl image."

[@TheeHeadTurnerTV]

I screamed 😩

[@sbrooks729]

Meanwhile brandy was friends with lil kim 🙄

[@alyssajones4368]

@@sbrooks729 She was friends with alot of the female rappers back in the day wasn't she?

[@appetite4chic878]

“Green grass and daffodils” 💀🤣

[@alyssajones4368]

@@appetite4chic878 Lol yep, topped with rainbows and unicorns 🌈 🦄

[@nikkidarden2301]

She so beautiful

[@elizabethwatene-noffke755]

Foxy browns flows are off the chain, love foxy brown.

[@ahmadwallace]

I like 👍 Foxy Brown Foxy Brown is my Favorite 🤩 Female Rapper From Brooklyn, New York Foxy Brown is For Ahmad Wallace

[@ahmadwallace]

🗽

[@kennd011ie9]

She is gorgeousssssss

[@TechWizz]

She was quite articulate her. I truly miss her in music and I am so sorry for how things turned out for her. Really deserved more but I will cherish her existing body of work. Chin up Foxy.

[@ThinWaistedPrimaDonna]

Foxy is so beautiful.

[@ahmadwallace]

Ahmad Wallace’s Foxy 🦊 Brown🔵🔴

[@ahmadwallace]

🇺🇸

[@ahmadwallace]

🗽

[@ahmadwallace]

🗽🇺🇸Queen of The Brooklyn 🗽🔵🔴⚪️

[@anjelheaven]

I remember watching this in 1999. Lol I love her!

[@non-descriptinfluence3112]

where are you now?

[@thatboymenace6716]

Back when rappers had media training

[@LondonsPointOfView1]

beautiful lady foxy!!!

[@rayteller9630]

Crazy to see she had a good head on her shoulders back then, by this interview you would of thought fox would Of had longevity. ..

[@kinggdario36]

Ray Teller she lost her hearing so what do you mean?

[@appetite4chic878]

Well the rap industry doesn’t have longevity as a whole. It’s rare that a rapper will be relevant past a certain time frame, but you do have exceptions

[@SN-mq4ek]

Appetite 4 Chic yeah fox had her time and she definitely made her mark

[@debrajames6316]

Ray Teller Longevity??? Rap did not expect to have longevity! Foxy had her time. She was a well received rapper, made hits with Jay, nas the Firm and countless others. She had her entertainment company. She is looking for a cone back with Nikki. The rap game only exploits female rappers, they have to be a boy or vamped up you know what!!!

[@kwwells9531]

I always find it funny when people throw longevity in rap. The window to be successful in hip hop is so tight that , I can say foxy maximize her opportunity

[@Toomuch4u57]

I love Foxy, however I love brandy too! Her statement about foxy and the female rappers calling themselves hoes and bitches, was very true.

[@ahmadwallace]

Ahmad Wallace’s Foxy Brown Ahmad Wallace’s Brandy Norwood

[@ahmadwallace]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@gabriellamusic755]

Foxy is so beautiful 🔥😍

[@edwintorres2305]

Maria, is TIMELESS, you can play that in 2021 and still get chills when Foxy part comes on!

[@J.Evans_Official]

Brandy you lied about being married and had a child out of wedlock but your so perfect? Oh ok

[@tykelwilliams6053]

jay2luv but what brandy probably had a reason because they are both dark skin females and there the same age and probably didn’t think females there age should be talking about what foxy was saying

[@J.Evans_Official]

@@tykelwilliams6053 but it's not up to brandy to decide what someone else should talk about!

[@Jordan-gc5cj]

Everything brandy said in the media was filtered by her mother and her management forcing that good girl image on her

[@alyssajones4368]

@@Jordan-gc5cj Really?

[@ddoctriness]

@@alyssajones4368 yes, Brandy’s entire public image was controlled by her hyper-analytic mother. She made Brandy pretend to be married as well.

[@Luchiano]

Loved this interview!

[@ahmadwallace]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@loucaruso3971]

1999, " You Can Meet Me At The Hot Spot, Hot Spot " Dark skin Foxy Is & Was Absolutely Gourgous !!!!

[@debsmatthew1814]

Foxy Brown aka ill nana, is definitely, among da illest, realest, and gorgeous female rapper, of all time.

[@jaibanks7151]

Big facts 💯!!

[@trezz18]

Great interview, love Fox.

[@donaldtramp3861]

I love me some Foxy! Wish make a comeback!!

[@NewWorldRob]

Thanks a lot, Klassic. Happy Holidays

[@fanlessfurmark]

Absolutely delightful person, could watch her all day.

[@gomoestas]

The interviewer is amazing

[@ADyani6]

I loveee this interview. I wished her Drama-ity would've came out. I definitely would've watched it.

[@ElyjahOverby]

See This Is Tha Foxy We Luved We Respect And Miss...

[@dontreldontrel416]

Damn bro she was fire what females are doing right now, Foxy was too smart at that time. Foxy brown was before her time bruh

[@raheenbrown1803]

Washed up

[@melvinkelly9200]

@@raheenbrown1803 Legend.

[@shakeyraware1563]

@@raheenbrown1803 hush

[@lildoodles2366]

Foxy & lil kim..BEST EVER DO IT..MY GURL MISSY. HAD THE GAME ON LOCK

[@SN-mq4ek]

Brandy say that but got pregnant by 2001 BYE lol Popcorn school girl image lmaooo

[@quarmainestephenson8403]

That part inn 2024

[@valariejones8276]

Brandy was a diva and original mean Girl . SHE treated her daughter father like crap, Brandy thought she was above all tht pre say, Foxxy is a Queen and she will always be in my top 5 period. IM FROM THT era and music hit different than.

[@MKnight1121]

she sounds so intelligent yet so lost. VERY manufactured image. she had talent. she was exploited. she just wanted to tell her story from her perspective and they felt it was more profitable to "sexy her up". horrible

[@darkskyparadise1384]

sportinlife jones especially black females

[@SN-mq4ek]

Well it was profitable

[@ThePharaoho]

M Knight Mostly all female performers are exploited.the business itself is exploitation...marketing, imagery, darkness with drugs and partying...sexual exploitation...

[@ThePharaoho]

M Knight She actually seems intelligent though...and strong and independent. She knows the industry and seems like she doesn't tolerate being messed over.

[@angechrisman1694]

@@SN-mq4ek It's still is

[@TEACHYOUTEEWHY]

I heard Vivrant Thing at the end. Now that was a BIG HIT!!

[@rachelcollins312]

Watching this in 2018, gained a new stan

[@val9170]

Jamiah Liyah 2019

[@PrinceofPeace2000]

Best female rapper ever!

[@ahmadwallace]

🗽⚪️Ahmad Wallace’s Foxy Brown 🗽🔵

[@bobbymarlin7629]

And some people want to rewrite history and make it seems as if we didn’t know her age before and believed she was older, she never hides it and it was always say she was youngest rapper superstar

[@rudebwoy4642]

She READ Brandy! Go FOXY!!!!!

[@christophertytell579]

she makes me weak in da knees I named my black Mustang foxy Brown

[@AVOLdesign]

Loved her then, still love her now. True innovator.

[@karmenmoles4083]

Didn't Brandy also say something about aaliyah? Why was she so worried about everyone else... Smdh

[@lepristineking]

Karmen Moles No, Aaliyah actually addressed that. There was a movie that both Aaliyah and Brandy were up for. The original role was offered to Aaliyah but there was a line in the original script where they wanted her to diss Brandy, and Aaliyah declined the role.

[@nasirwest6502]

Yes she did say something bout the way Aaliyah dresssed to mature for her age.. brandy would always talk down on other female artist and judge them I don’t like that

[@appetite4chic878]

It’s because of her mom Sonja. Her mom made her that way with the shady, nice nasty personality

[@markyancey3086]

@@lepristineking Brandy critiqued Aaliyah in a shady way. They squashed it, but Aaliyah was offered the role in ‘Scary Movie’ where she would’ve been parodying Brandy’s character in ‘I Still Know What You Did Last Summer’ and Aaliyah said she didn’t want to do that. Brandy has an issue with slipping the lip 😂😂

[@sbrooks729]

Also Brandy had a relationship with wanya before she was 18

[@phoenixforce6595]

Foxy was defending herself. Brandy was talking shit as usual. And not much can be said for Brandy's career either

[@lolababy1282]

Foxy 2019 👑

[@LuzMaria95]

Foxy was right all those years ago. She knows her shit. I’m not a feminist either. 🙏🏽💯

[@Carlosking-gh3ei]

she is stunning foxy

[@fadetablack817]

before the fame went to her head...she was normal... I miss this foxy

[@celebrilee2803]

I love foxy

[@appetite4chic878]

I just think Foxy was really misunderstood. Like in this whole interview she’s saying people don’t see her beyond the surface. She sat in the record label bid that was about her and they didn’t acknowledge her input

[@davidbrownybrown6338]

Foxy bad as fuck dammmmm

[@letsbefair2675]

I love Cynthia Garrett her voice and questions were always good and soothing!

[@ahmadwallace]

Ahmad Wallace’s Cynthia Garrett

[@TakePrayersSayVitamins]

Fox is untouchable

[@seanberry1969]

My lovely lady

[@jaelyson3475]

Absolutely the best

[@Shaddyraddy92]

Foxy had a lot of potential. She had the sex appeal, bars, flow, swag and hits. It’s fucked up how her career went in jeopardy after Broken Silence

[@valariejones8276]

Foxxy one of a kind she is veryy intelligent , high vibrational, vocal and knows what she want. She was in the game mad yung.

[@nasirwest6502]

It’s the popcorn school girl image for me lol