Queen Latifah

Dana Elaine Owens - better popularly referred to as Queen Latifah - is an American actor, rapper and acrobat. The role of Queen Latifah in film, television as well as music has earned her several accolades. This includes the Golden Globe Award two Screen Actors Guild Awards Two Image Awards A Grammy Award Additional Grammy Nominations Emmy Award Nomination and an Academy Award. Queen Latifah is the daughter of Newark New Jersey native. Her parents were Lancelot Sr., a policeman and Rita who was a educator in Irvington High School. The couple split at the age of Latifah was ten years old. was ten years old. Latifah, who was born and brought up within Newark New Jersey attended Catholic schools in Newark. The stage name Latifah meaning delicate and very gentle in Arabic was bestowed to her her cousin when she was just eight years old. Latifah was always tall, standing 5'10" She was a center forward on her high school basketball team. The song she sang was"Home" from The Wiz at a performance in high school. Latifah was a beatboxer in her band, the Ladies Fresh rap band. Latifah is among the first participants of Flavor Unit, which was in the beginning a group composed of MCs led by DJ Mark the45 King. Mark James, aka DJ Mark the45 King, recorded the rap of Queen Latifah, aka Princess of the Posse. The recording was given to host Yo! MTV Raps Fab 5 Freddy. Dante Ross of Tommy Boy Music was intrigued by the tune. The singer signed Latifah and then released her debut single Wrath of My Madness in 1988.

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