Rappers Foxy Brown and Lil' Kim are being sued by a publisher for failing to deliver promised books.

The lawsuit filed by Simon & Shuster claims the rappers accepted tens of thousands of dollars in advances.

S&S said it paid Foxy Brown aka Inga Marchand $75,000 for her autobiography Broken Silence.

Lil' Kim aka Kimberly Jones signed a deal for $40,000 for a never- appearing novel.

The publisher, a division of CBS, has teamed with other rappers on other book series including a series of gangsta rhymes about street crime, drug dealing and expensive cars from prolific literary master 50 Cent.