Rapper Foxy Brown freed from jail

Foxy Brown spent two-and-a-half months in solitary confinement

US hip-hop artist Foxy Brown has been released from jail after serving eight months of her one-year sentence.

The punishment stemmed from an attack on two Manhattan nail salon stylists over a $20 (£10) manicure in 2004, which led to three years probation.

She was then jailed last September when she was accused of hitting a woman with a mobile phone and a judge ruled she was not taking probation seriously.

She spent 76 days in isolation after having a fight with another inmate.

Foxy Brown's albums include Ill Na Na and Chyna Doll, which went to number one in the US in 1999.