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Queen Latifah
Dana Elaine Owens, known professionally by her stage name Queen Latifah, is an American rapper and actress. She has received various accolades, including a Grammy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, three Actor Awards, and two NAACP Image Awards, in addition to a nomination for an Academy Award. In 2006, she became the first hip-hop artist to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk o…
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Born 18 March 1970 · Q1112005
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2026· 6 entries
AOL: Queen Latifah Pulled Up to The Voice Set in the Most Unexpected & Epic Way
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Public attention spiked: 8,569 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.2× the usual 2,694, with 0 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 31,217 Wikipedia readers in one day, 11.6× the usual 2,694, with 1 article edits. Coverage that week: “Queen Latifah Turns 2026 AMAs Hosting Gig into Rare Family Night Out with Partner Eboni Nichols and Son Rebel, 6” (People).
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People: Queen Latifah Turns 2026 AMAs Hosting Gig into Rare Family Night Out with Partner Eboni Nichols and Son Rebel, 6
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Latifah was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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2025· 2 entries
Deadline.com: Queen Latifah Reacts To ‘The Equalizer’ Cancellation, Vows To “Be Back Kicking Ass In Something New Real Soon”
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TVLine: Queen Latifah Pays Tribute To The Equalizer After CBS Cancellation: 'Everything I Hoped It Would Be'
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2024· 2 entries
The Hollywood Reporter: Queen Latifah on New Good American Campaign and Why She’s Sharing Her Story in Upcoming Biopic (Exclusive)
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The Cheat Sheet: Queen Latifah and Tory Kittles Turn Up the Heat With a Sizzling On-Screen Kiss While Filming ‘The Equalizer’ Season 5
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2023· 2 entries
Queen Latifah's debut album All Hail the Queen, was added into the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry, making it the earliest female rap recording to enter the National Recording Registry, and making her t
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Became the first female rapper to be a Kennedy Center honoree
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2021· 2 entries
Received the BET Lifetime Achievement Award, and was the first rapper, female or male, to be so awarded
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CBS premiered the new active TV series, The Equalizer, a reboot of the 1980s detective series of the same name, starring Latifah in the lead role (renamed as Robyn for her version)
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2020· 2 entries
Portrayed Hattie McDaniel in the miniseries Hollywood
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Vogue editor Janelle Okwodu considered her a fashion icon that "helped to start a conversation about body image that continues to this day", crediting her among the first artists that pioneered the "climate of size inclu
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2019· 1 entry
Latifah played the sea witch Ursula in The Little Mermaid Live
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2018· 3 entries
Latifah was named the godmother of Carnival Cruise Lines' vessel Carnival Horizon
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Her mother, actress Rita Owens, died due to heart failure, an issue she had been battling since 2004
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Received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts Degree by the Rutgers University
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2017· 3 entries
MTV announced that Latifah would be an executive producer for the third season of the slasher television series Scream
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American Black Film Festival honored Latifah with the Entertainment Icon award
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Latifah starred in the hit comedy film Girls Trip
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2015· 11 entries
Published video “What Did Bobby Brown Say?”.
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Published video “Daily Beats: Bacon Scented Pillows”.
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Published video “Lisa Kudrow On Her Strange Fan Encounter”.
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Published video “Shrimp A La Bobby Brown”.
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Published video “Bobby Brown Takes The Stage”.
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Published video “Daily Beats: Bra Size and Texting”.
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Published video “Pauley Perrette Talks Her Characters Dyed Hair”.
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Published video “Chef Susan Feniger Makes A Tasty Meal | The Queen Latifah Show”.
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Published video “Daily Beats: Survivor and Selfies | The Queen Latifah Show”.
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Published video “Martin Lawrence | The Queen Latifah Show”.
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Latifah received a Best Actress Emmy nomination for her lead role as Bessie Smith in Bessie, an HBO film which received a total of 12 Emmy nominations
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2014· 4 entries
Leaving new episodes that were broadcast until March 6, 2015
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Sony Pictures Television canceled Latifah's show due to declining ratings
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Latifah officiated the weddings of 33 same-sex and opposite-sex couples during a performance of "Same Love" by Macklemore at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards
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The Queen Latifah Show was renewed for a second season
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2013· 1 entry
Latifah premiered her own syndicated daytime television show titled The Queen Latifah Show
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2011· 1 entry
Awarded New Jersey Hall of Fame (2011).
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2009· 3 entries
Released album “Persona”.
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Latifah was a presenter at the 81st Academy Awards, presenting the segment honoring film professionals who had died during 2008 and singing "I'll Be Seeing You" during the montage
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Latifah, along with the NJPAC Jubilation Choir, recorded the title track on the album Oh, Happy Day: An All-Star Music Celebration, covering the song that the Edwin Hawkins Singers made popular in 1969
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2008· 6 entries
As moderator Gwen Ifill in a comedic sketch depicting the vice-presidential debate between then-Senator Joe Biden and then-Governor Sarah Palin and played in The Secret Life of Bees
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Awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie for Life Support (2008).
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Awarded NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special for Life Support (2008).
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Latifah was asked if she would make another hip-hop album
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That "I don't feel like I need to share my personal life, and I don't care if people think I'm gay or not"
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Latifah appeared in the crime comedy Mad Money opposite Academy Award–winner Diane Keaton as well as Katie Holmes and Ted Danson
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2007· 5 entries
Released album “Trav’lin’ Light”.
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Latifah sang at the famed Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles as the headlining act in a live jazz concert
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Awarded Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast for Hairspray (2007).
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Latifah released an album titled Trav'lin' Light
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Portrayed an HIV-positive woman in the film Life Support, a role for which she garnered her first Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and an Emmy nomination
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2006· 4 entries
Queen Latifah received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, located at 6915 Hollywood Blvd
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Became the first hip-hop artist to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Latifah became the first hip-hop artist to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and was also inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame in 2011
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Latifah voiced Ellie, a friendly mammoth, in the animated film, Ice Age: The Meltdown (her first voice appearance in an animated film), and appeared in the drama Stranger Than Fiction
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2005· 2 entries
Released album “20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Queen Latifah”.
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Released album “Hip-Hop Hits”.
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2004· 3 entries
Released album “The Dana Owens Album”.
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Awarded Women Film Critics Circle Awards (2004).
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Released the soul/jazz standards The Dana Owens Album
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2003· 5 entries
Awarded BET Award for Best Actor & Actress for Bringing Down the House (2003).
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Awarded Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress – Comedy for Bringing Down the House (2003).
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Awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for Chicago (2003).
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Starred with Steve Martin in the film Bringing Down the House, which was a major success at the box office
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Queen Latifah was awarded Artist of the Year by the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations
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2002· 3 entries
Released album “She’s a Queen: A Collection of Hits”.
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Awarded Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast for Chicago (2002).
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Was arrested for driving under the influence in Los Angeles County
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2000· 1 entry
Brown and Latifah reconciled; to prove that the truce was real, Brown performed her song "Na Na Be Like" on The Queen Latifah Show
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1998· 4 entries
Released album “Order in the Court”.
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Co-produced by Ro Smith, now CEO of Def Ro Inc
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Brown released a diss record titled "10% Dis", where she continually questioned Latifah's sexuality and accused her of being jealous
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Performed in the Super Bowl XXXII halftime show, making her the first rapper to do so
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1996· 2 entries
Released album “Queen Latifah and the Original Flavor Unit”.
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Was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana and possession of a loaded handgun
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1995· 4 entries
Awarded Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance for U.N.I.T.Y. (1995).
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Awarded Soul Train Music Award for Sammy Davis, Jr. – Entertainer of the Year (1995).
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With her business partner Shakim Compere
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Latifah was the victim of a carjacking, which also resulted in the non-fatal shooting of her bodyguard, Sean Moon
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1994· 2 entries
Awarded Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance (1994).
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Released ep “Rough”.
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1993· 2 entries
Released album “Black Reign”.
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Released the album Black Reign, which was certified Gold in the United States and produced the Grammy Award-winning song "U
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1992· 3 entries
Awarded Candace Award (1992).
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Released ep “What’cha Gonna Do?”.
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In an accident involving a motorcycle that Latifah had purchased for him
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1991· 2 entries
Released album “Nature of a Sista’”.
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Where she performed among several significant black actors, such as Samuel L
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1990· 2 entries
Released ep “Come Into My House”.
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The New York Times' Michelle Wallace described her art as "politically sophisticated", which "seems worlds apart from the adolescent, buffoonish sex orientation of most rap
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1989· 3 entries
Released album “All Hail the Queen”.
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Released ep “Ladies First”.
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Released her first single, "Wrath of My Madness"
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1970· 2 entries
Born 1970-03-18.
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And lived primarily in East Orange, New Jersey
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