Queen Latifah

Dana Elaine Owens - better popularly referred to as Queen Latifah - is an American actor, rapper, and singer. Queen Latifah's career in television and music has earned her a 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 was raised in Newark, NJ. She is the daughter of Rita Owens, Sr. and Lancelot Owens Jr. The couple split after Latifah was ten years old. was ten years old. Latifah was raised in the Baptist religion and went to Catholic school in Newark New Jersey. When she was 8 Her cousin gifted Latifah the name of a stage Latifah, which means delicate and kind in Arabic. Latifah's height of 5'10" was enough to make her a formidable athlete during high school. The song she performed was "Home" from The Wiz in a performance in her high school. Latifah started beatboxing for the rap group Ladies Fresh. Latifah is one of the original participants of Flavor Unit, which was in the beginning a group composed of MCs led by DJ Mark the 45 King. Mark James aka DJ Mark the 45 King, recorded an audition recording of Queen Latifah's rap Princess of the Posse. He gave the recording to Yo! MTV Raps Freddy. The track caught the attention from Tommy Boy Music employee Dante Ross who signed Latifah and in 1988 issued her first track Wrath of My Madness.

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