Latifah made her mark in hip-hop by rapping about issues surrounding being a black woman. She is considered a contralto, having the ability to both rap and sing. More recent artists, like Ice Cube and Lil' Kim, would go on to sample Latifah's track in their songs, "Wrath of Kim's Madness" and "You Can't Play With My Yo-Yo" in later years.
The song got the attention of Tommy Boy Music employee Dante Ross, who signed Latifah and in 1989 issued her first single, "Wrath of My Madness". He gave the recording to Fab 5 Freddy, the host of Yo! MTV Raps. She began beat boxing for the hip-hop group Ladies Fresh and was an original member of the Flavor Unit, which, at that time, was a crew of MCs grouped around producer DJ King Gemini, who made a demo recording of Queen Latifah's rap Princess of the Posse. Music career 1988–1989: Career beginnings She performed the number " Home" from the musical The Wiz in a grammar school play.
Always tall, the 5-foot-10-inch (1.78 m) Latifah was a power forward on her high school basketball team. She found her stage name, Latifah ( لطيفة laţīfa), meaning "delicate" and "very kind" in Arabic, in a book of Arabic names when she was eight. After high school, Queen Latifah attended classes at Borough of Manhattan Community College. She attended Catholic school in Newark, New Jersey and Essex Catholic Girls' High School in Irvington, but graduated from Irvington High School. Her parents divorced when Latifah was ten. 2018), a teacher at Irvington High School (Latifah's alma mater), and Lancelot Amos Owens, a police officer. She is the daughter of Rita Lamae (née Bray d. 2.3 2003–2009: Change to traditional singingĭana Elaine Owens was born in Newark, New Jersey, on March 18, 1970, and lived primarily in East Orange, New Jersey.In 2006, she became the first hip hop artist to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Noted for her work in music, film and television, Latifah has earned a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, two NAACP Image Awards, and has been nominated for an Academy Award. Since 2021, she has held the lead role on CBS' revival of the action drama The Equalizer. In 2020, she portrayed Hattie McDaniel in the miniseries Hollywood. From 2016 to 2019, she starred as Carlotta Brown in the musical drama series Star. Latifah received critical acclaim for her portrayal of blues singer Bessie Smith in the HBO film Bessie (2015), which she co-produced, winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie. She has appeared in a number of films, such as Bringing Down the House (2003), Taxi (2004), Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2005), Beauty Shop (2005), Last Holiday (2006), Hairspray (2007), Joyful Noise (2012), 22 Jump Street (2014) and Girls Trip (2017) and provided voice work in the Ice Age film series.
She created the daytime talk show The Queen Latifah Show, which ran from 1999 to 2001, and again from 2013 to 2015, in syndication. In 20, she released two more studio albums – Trav'lin' Light and Persona. Latifah released her fifth album The Dana Owens Album in 2004. Latifah garnered acclaim with her role of Matron "Mama" Morton in the musical film Chicago (2002), receiving a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She then starred in the lead role of Set It Off (1996) and released her fourth album, Order in the Court, on June 16, 1998, with Motown Records. The track reached the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, and won a Grammy Award. Her third album, Black Reign (1993), became the first album by a solo female rapper to receive a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and spawned the single " U.N.I.T.Y.", which was influential in raising awareness of violence against women and the objectification of Black female sexuality. Latifah starred as Khadijah James on the Fox sitcom Living Single from 1993 to 1998. Nature of a Sista' (1991) was her second and final album with Tommy Boy Records. Born in Newark, New Jersey, she signed with Tommy Boy Records in 1989 and released her debut album All Hail the Queen on November 28, 1989, featuring the hit single "Ladies First". Dana Elaine Owens (born March 18, 1970), known professionally as Queen Latifah, is an American rapper, actress, and singer.
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