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NEW YORK (AP):

Rapper Foxy Brown, already in trouble for attacking two manicurists at a nail salon, was charged with striking a neighbour with her cellphone in a dispute over loud music, police said.

The 27-year-old rapper, whose real name is Inga Marchand, is already on probation after pleading guilty to assault in a 2004 dispute over paying for a manicure. The latest arrest could lead to her probation being revoked.

"We have filed a violation of probation with the court," said Jack Ryan, a spokesman for the city Department of Probation.

Brown was arrested on Tuesday for assaulting a neighbour, Arlene Raymond, who she had been feuding with since mid-July, according to police and residents. Raymond, 25, lives near the rapper in the Prospec section of Brooklyn. Police said the two got into a fight over the rapper blasting her car stereo.

Hit with blackberry phone

Raymond said that a few days later they passed each other on the street and Brown hurled her BlackBerry at her, cutting her lip and knocking a tooth loose.

Brown was released on a US$50,000 bail after being arraigned on Tuesday on charges of felony assault, misdemeanour assault and criminal possession of a weapon. Her manager, Chaz Williams, said the charges were false.

Brown's lawyer, state Senator John Sampson, did not immedi-ately respond to requests for comment. Earlier this year, Brown was accused of violating probation in an incident at a hair salon in Florida. Police said she threw hair glue at a beauty shop employee.

She was threatened with jail in that incident but was restored to probation in good standing in June by a Manhattan judge, who said she had kept appointments with her probation officer, passed drug tests and attended required anger management classes.