Queen Latifah

Dana Elaine Owens also known as Queen Latifah, is an American artist and rapper. Queen Latifah's work in television and music has been recognized with an Golden Globe award two Screen Actors Guild Awards two Image Awards a Grammy Award six additional Grammy nominations and an Emmy Award nomination and an Academy Award nomination. Queen Latifah is the daughter of Newark New Jersey native. Her parents are Lancelot Sr., a policeman as well as Rita who was a teacher at Irvington High School. The couple split when Latifah was 10 years old. aged, was 10 years old. Latifah, who was born and raised within Newark New Jersey attended Catholic school in Newark. When she was 8 when her mother gave her the stage name Latifah, which means delicate and kind in Arabic. Latifah has always been large, at 5'10", she was the power forward of her high-school basketball team. The play she played in her high school she performed "Home" from The Wiz. Latifah started to beatbox for the Ladies Fresh. Latifah joined the Flavor Unit in its original form, which consisted of an MC team led by producer DJ Mark The 45 King. Mark James aka the DJ Mark the 40 King created an audition for the hip-hop Princess of the Posse by Queen Latifah. The song was sent to host Yo! MTV Raps Freddy. Dante Ross of Tommy Boy Music has signed Latifah following her hearing of the song. The singer released her debut single, Wrath of My Madness, in 1988.

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