Foxy Brown

b. Jeniffer Hylton, Jamaica, West Indies. Foxy Brown's version of Tracy Chapman's ‘Baby Can I Hold You Tonight', produced by Steely And Clevie, topped the reggae charts and in 1989 secured a placing on the Billboard Top 100 Black Singles chart. She followed her debut with another of Chapman's hits, ‘Fast Car', which paralleled its predecessor. Although the songs were a commercial success, Brown was regarded as Jamaica's Tracy Chapman, which hindered her burgeoning career. She proved her competence in songwriting with ‘Let's Celebrate', ‘Try' and ‘Baby It's You', all featured o...