Publishing giant Simon & Schuster sued the once hot hip hop divas Lil’ Kim and Foxy Brown in Manhattan Thursday charging they never delivered on books they were paid to write - and kept the advance money.
Grammy-winner Lil’ Kim, whose 2005 perjury conviction led to a stint in the Philadelphia Detention Center, was contracted to scribe an untitled novel in November 2003 and given a $40,000 advance, according to the suit.
After failing to put pen to paper, the publisher voided the rapper’s contract - her real name is Kimberly Jones - and demanded its money back in July 2004, the suit states.
Hot-tempered Foxy Brown, whose real name is Inga Marchand, failed to make good on a 2005 contract to write her autobiography, tentatively titled “Broken Silence,” after her best-selling 2001 album, according to court documents.
The Brooklyn-born singer, who spent time in jail in 2007 after assaulting a manicurist, received an advance of $75,000 for the book. She was supposed to return the cash by July 2006, according to the suit.
The book house wants its money back, with interest.
Oh well, them bitches better get their knee pads out. Or better yet, why don't they hire their ghost writers to write the book for them?
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