Queen Latifah
Dana Elaine Owens also known as Queen Latifah, is an American musician and rapper. Queen Latifah is an American actor, rapper as well as a singer. Queen Latifah's parents are Lancelot and Rita Owens, both Police officers. Rita was a Newark New Jersey teacher who worked the class at Irvington High School. The couple divorced when Latifah was age of 10. Latifah lived in the Baptist faith and attended Catholic school at Newark New Jersey. The stage name Latifah is a reference to delicate and kind in Arabic was given by her cousin at the age of she was eight. Latifah's 5'10" height made her a powerful forward in high school. She performed the hit song Home from The Wiz at a school play. Latifah became a beatboxer for the Ladies Fresh rap band. Latifah became a member of the Flavor Unit's first group, made up of several MCs as well as producer DJ Mark 45 King. Mark James, aka DJ Mark the45 King, recorded Queen Latifah's rap Princess of the Posse. He gave it back to Yo! MTV Raps Faddy. Dante Ross, an employee of Tommy Boy Music who heard the track and was signed by Latifah in 1988, to drop her first single Wrath of My Madness.
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