Inga Marchand was only 17 when she was plucked out of obscurity to deliver a ruthless verse on the LL Cool J posse cut “I Shot Ya.” Within months, Foxy Brown was signed, her seething, deadpan Brooklyn flow gracing R&B hits by Total and Case. At the forefront of New York rap's mid-'90s resurgence, she helped introduce JAY Z to the world and stole the spotlight twice on Nas' It Was Written.