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Dana Elaine Owens (born March 18, 1970, in Newark, New Jersey), better known as Queen Latifah, and considered the first lady of rap, is an American rapper from the early and mid 1990s and is also an actress.Owens' mother and father, a police officer, divorced when she was eight years old. Latifah's first big success was singing the number "Home" from The Wiz in a school performance of the musical.
She started her career beatboxing for rap group Ladies Fresh . Local DJ Mark the 45 King heard a demo version of Latifah's single "Princess of the Posse" in 1988, gave the demo to Fab Five Freddy, who was then host of Yo! MTV Raps , and Fab 5 Freddy helped Latifah get signed to Tommy Boy Records , which released Latifah's first album, All Hail the Queen ( 1989), when she was 18. In 1995, she was the victim of a carjacking, in which a friend of hers was shot. Her debut, All Hail the Queen was critically acclaimed as one of the best hip hopHip hop is a cultural movement that began amongst urban , African American & Puerto Rican youth in New York and has since spread around the world. The four main elements of hip-hop are MCing, DJing, graffiti art, and breakdancing. Some consider beatboxing albums of all time. This was followed by Nature of a Sista , another well-reviewed album. After that, Latifah began working on Living SingleLiving Single was an American television sitcom which aired for five seasons on the FOX television network from August 1993 until January 1998. Plot Living Single particularly centered on the lives of a group of four African American women and their frien, a FOX sitcom. She was also arrested in possession of a small amount of marijuana and a gun.
Her older brother Lance was killed in 19921992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday. Events January January The Internet Society is formed. January 1 Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General January 1 George H. Bush becomes the fi in an accident on a bike that Latifah had just bought him. She still wears the key to the bike around her neck. Latifah released an album dedicated to him, Black Reign , which was a hit partly because of a hit single, U.N.I.T.Y. In 19981998 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Ocean''. Events January January 1998 A massive ice storm, caused by El Nino, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting she made an album entitled Order in the Court. In 2003, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting ActressThe Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. The winners for her performance as Matron "Mama" Morton in the movie musical Chicago. In 2003, she co-starred with Steve Martin in the marginally well received comedy Bringing Down the House, as a woman who is "mismatched" through a legal advice chat room with Martin's character. Other recent movies Latifah has appeared in are Scary Movie 3, Barbershop 2: Back in Business and Taxi.
In April, 2003 she had breast reduction surgery.
She stands 5'9". Her name Latifah, meaning "delicate" and "sensitive" in Arabic, was given her when she was eight by her cousin.
Latifah, Queen
Latifah, Queen
Latifah, Queen
Latifah, Queen
