After an emotional departure from The Island Def Jam Music Group in 2002 and a failed venture with Sean Combs’ Bad Boy label, Foxy Brown re-signs to Def Jam as one of Jay-Z’s initial executive moves as president of the label.

Before leaving, Foxy recorded a enormous amount of songs for Def Jam which was to be the double disc set Ill Na Na 2: The Fever.

Since then she completely scrapped the project and started recording her Black Roses LP, which reportedly will include collaborations with Barrington Levy, Dido and Luther Vandross.

While details are still vague on whether or not the signing will be in conjunction with Jay-Z’s rumored S.Carter imprint, her first studio album in five years will be the the first of new releases from Def Jam which will include 112, Kanye West, Mariah Carey, and Memphis Bleek.

The signing comes in light of Jay-Z and Foxy Brown’s much public reconciliation two year ago at Jay-Z’s public Madison Square Garden concert.

Since then, she has appeared on the dysfunctional “The Best Of Both Worlds Tour” and the accompanying album which rocketed to number 1 on the billboard charts within its first week of release.

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Multi-platinum R&B artist D’Angelo was charged with drunk driving and possession of a controlled substance during a routine traffic stop last night (January 11) in his hometown of Richmond, Virginia.

According to police reports the signer, who was birthed as Michael Eugene Archer, was stopped and upon searching Archer’s vehicle, Chesterfield Police Capt. Karl Leonard stated that authorities came across “what we believe to be cocaine and marijuana.”

Leonard also stated that the items were to be inspected to in detail to determine if additional charges will be filed.

In addition to the alleged narcotics, reports stated that the signer was intoxicated at the time of his arrest.

The singer is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday January 18.

In 2000, D’Angleo was awarded a Grammy for his hit “Untitled (How Does it Feel)” from the album “Voodoo”.

The aforementioned LP also took home best R&B album. Since then the singer remained under the radar and according to published reports, was struggling with drug problems.

At press time, representatives from Virgin/Cheeba Music were unavailable for comment on the matter.