Queen Latifah

Dana Elaine Owens is an American musician and singer, better than her stage name, Queen Latifah. Her performance as a singer, music actor, filmmaker and TV performer has earned an impressive the distinction of two Screen Actors Guild Awards and two Image Awards. She also won an Grammy Award and six other Grammy nominations. Queen Latifah's parents are Lancelot as well as Rita Owens. Both were Police officers. Rita was a Newark New Jersey teacher, who worked the class at Irvington High School. Latifah's parents divorced when Latifah was ten years old. aged, was 10 years old. Latifah was raised within the Baptist religion and went to Catholic school in Newark New Jersey. Her stage name Latifah meaning delicate and very gentle in Arabic was bestowed to her her cousin when she was just eight years old. Latifah was 5-foot-10" tall power forward on her high school team was always tall. She performed the number home from The musical The Wiz in a high school production. Latifah was part of the Ladies Fresh, a rap group which launched her journey into beatboxing. Latifah is one of the original members of Flavor Unit, which was at that time a collective made up of DJ Mark the45 King. Mark James aka DJ Mark the 45 King, recorded an audition recording of Queen Latifah's rap Princess of the Posse. The recording was given to Yo! MTV Raps Freddy. Dante Ross of Tommy Boy Music was signed by Latifah following her hearing of the song. Her first single Wrath of My Madness, in the year 1988.