Queen Latifah
Dana Elaine Owens, better known as Queen Latifah in America, is a rapper and actress. Queen Latifah's career in the fields of music, film and television has earned her a Golden Globe award two Screen Actors Guild Awards two Image Awards a Grammy Award six additional Grammy nominations an Emmy Award nomination and an Academy Award nomination. Queen Latifah is an Newark New Jersey native. Her parents are Lancelot Sr. who was a policeman, as well as Rita instructor at Irvington High School. Her parents divorced around the age of ten. Latifah was brought up in the Baptist church, and attended Catholic high school located at Newark New Jersey. Her stage name Latifah meaning delicate and very compassionate in Arabic was handed to her her cousin at the age of she was eight. Latifah has always been tall and tall. Standing 5'10", she was the center forward on her high school basketball team. She performed the hit song Home from The Wiz at a performance in high school. Latifah began beatboxing with the women's fresh rap group. Latifah used to be a part of Flavor Unit - a group of rappers who were joined by the producer DJ Mark the 45 King. Mark James (aka DJ Mark the45King) recorded a demo for Queen Latifah her rap Princess of the Posse. The recording was handed over to Yo! MTV Raps Freddy. Dante Ross, an employee of Tommy Boy Music who heard the track and was signed by Latifah in 1988 to release her debut track Wrath of My Madness.
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