The judge in Foxy Brown's plea to be released from jail, due to potential damage to hearing, wants proof.

According to the Associated Press, New York Supreme Court Justice Melissa Jackson said she wanted proof on Thursday (January 17) that the rapper is in fact in danger of losing her hearing unless she can be released to travel to Los Angeles' House Clinic for treatment and repair of a defective cochlear implant.

The rapper (real name: Inga Marchand) revealed in the past -- after several setbacks in the recording of her Def Jam album Black Roses -- that she at one point had lost her hearing. After surgery, however, it was repaired.

Now, as she sit in jail, serving a one year sentence for violating her probation (see "Foxy Brown Sentenced To One Year In Jail"), Foxy claims her hearing is worsening, and if she remains behind bars without treatment, it could result in serious harm.

The judge wants proof before any decision is made.

Foxy's lawyer, Laura Dilimetin, told the judge on Thursday that her client is asking that her sentence be amended so she can make a trip to L.A.

The D.A., however, objected, saying the rapper -- as an inmate -- doesn't have the right to her own doctor and/or a reduction in her sentence.

"The mere existence of a debilitating health condition does not merit a sentence reduction, even if it is a terminal illness," Assistant District Attorney Cindy Chung told the judge, according to the AP. "Basically, your honor, this is a desperate and frivolous petition."

The judge ordered Dilimetin to submit Foxy's medical records to the district attorney, the Department of Correction and the Department of Probation, so each could file position papers.

Before leaving the courtroom, the rapper revealed to the judge that her time behind bars has been good for her -- claiming she has learned to think before she acts.

"I have too much talent to throw it away," she said. "I know I will make you proud and my family proud."