Queen Latifah
Dana Elaine Owens, better than Queen Latifah the United States is a rapper and actress. Her work as Queen Latifah in television, film as well as music has earned many awards. They include the Golden Globe Award two Screen Actors Guild Awards Two Image Awards A Grammy Award In addition, she has six Grammy Nominations Emmy Award Nomination and an Academy Award. Queen Latifah is the daughter of Newark New Jersey native. Her parents are Lancelot Sr. as a police officer as well as Rita, a educator of Irvington High School. The couple split at the age of Latifah, then ten years old. Latifah was a student at a Catholic school and received her education within Newark New Jersey. She was a member of in the Baptist church. Latifah is her name for stage at the time she reached the age of eight. It means sensitive in Arabic. Latifah has always been large, at 5'10" She was a power forward of her high-school basketball team. The song she sang was"Home" from The Wiz at a school play. Latifah started beatboxing for the rap group Ladies Fresh. Latifah is among the founding members of Flavor Unit, which was at that time a collective made up of DJ Mark the45 King. Mark James (aka DJ Mark the45King) recorded a demo of Queen Latifah rap Princess of the Posse. The song was sent to the host of Yo! MTV Raps Faddy. Dante Ross of Tommy Boy Music who was working for Latifah at the time, was impressed by her song. The song was released in 1988. Wrath of My Madness as Latifah's first single.





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