dana elaine owens known professionally as queen latifah is an american rapper actress producer
voice actor songwriter and singer she's been referred to as the queen of rap by several
media articles as well as rap's first feminist queen latifah became the first hip-hop artist
to receive a star on the hollywood walk of fame in 2006 and became the first female hip-hop recording
artist to get nominated for an oscar her work in music film and television has earned her a golden
globe award an emmy award a grammy award three screen actors guild awards two naacp image awards
and an academy award nomination queen latifah has an estimated net worth of 70 million u.s dollars
about queen latifah's early life dana elaine owens was born in newark new jersey on march 18 1970 and
lived primarily in east orange new jersey she's the daughter of actress rita lemay owens who was
a teacher at irvington high school and lancelot amos owens a police officer queen latifah's
mother died in 2018 after struggling with a heart condition for over a decade her parents divorced
when she was only 10 years old queen latifah was raised in the baptist faith she attended catholic
school in newark new jersey and essex catholic girls high school in irvington but graduated
from irvington high school after high school queen latifah attended classes at borough of manhattan
community college she found her stage name latifah in a book of arabic names when she was eight
the name latifah means delicate and very kind in arabic always tall latifah was a power forward
on her high school basketball team queen latifah is five foot ten inches tall or 1.78 meters tall
about queen latifah's personal life queen latifah's older brother lancelot owens jr
who was born in 1969 was killed in 1992 in an accident involving a motorcycle that queen latifah
had purchased for him a 2006 interview revealed that latifah still wears the key to the motorcycle
around her neck visible throughout her performance in her sitcom living single she also dedicated
black rain to him in her 1999 autobiography ladies first revelations of a strong woman
latifah discussed how her brother's death had led to a bout of depression and drug abuse from which
she later recovered in 1995 queen latifah was the victim of a carjacking which also resulted in the
shooting of her boyfriend sean moon in 1996 she was arrested and charged with possession
of marijuana and possession of a loaded handgun in 2002 queen latifah was arrested for driving under
the influence in los angeles county she was placed on three years probation after being convicted
queen latifah has long refused to address speculation around her sexuality and personal life
in 2008 she told the new york times 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 at the bet awards in 2021 during her acceptance speech
for the lifetime achievement award she publicly acknowledged her partner ebony nichols and son
rebel for the first time ending the speech with happy fried acknowledging that she identifies with
lgbt about queen latifah's career in 1989 queen latifah signed with tommy boy records and released
her debut album all hail the queen on november the 28th 1989 featuring the hit single ladies first
nature of assista in 1991 was her second album and final album with tommy boy records
queen latifah starred as khadijah james on the fox sitcom living single from 1993 to 1998
her third album black reign in 1993 became the first female rap album to receive an riaa
certification and spawned a single unity which was influential in raising awareness of violence
against women and the objectification of black female sexuality the record won a grammy award
and peaked at number 23 on the billboard hot 100. she then starred in the lead role of set it off
in 1996 and released her fourth album order in the court on june 16th 1998 with motown records queen
latifah garnered a claim with her role of matron mama morton in the musical film chicago in 2002
receiving a nomination for the academy award for best supporting actress queen latifah released
her fifth album the dana owens album in 2004. in 2007 and 2009 she released two more studio albums
travel and light and persona she created the daytime talk show the queen latifah show which
ran from 1999 to 2001 and again from 2013 to 2015 in syndication she has appeared in a number of
films such as bringing down the house in 2003 taxi in 2004 barber shop 2 back in business in 2005
beauty shop in 2005 last holiday in 2006 hairspray in 2007 joyful noise in 2012
22 jump street in 2014 and girls trip in 2017 and provided voice work in the ice age film series
queen latifah received critical acclaim for her portrayal of blues singer bessie smith
in the hbo film bessie in 2015 which she co-produced winning the primetime emmy award
for outstanding television movie from 2016 to 2019 she starred as carlotta brown in the
musical drama series star in 2020 she portrayed hattie mcdaniel in the miniseries hollywood
queen latifah co-created and stars in equalizer a cbs crime drama series that premiered on february
7 2021 in 2003 queen latifah was awarded artist of the year by harvard foundation in 2011 she was
inducted into the new jersey hall of fame queen latifah has sold nearly 2 million albums in the us
in her music career the route ranked her at number 35 on the route 100 list
in 2017 american black film festival honored latifah with the entertainment icon award
in 2018 she received an honorary doctor of fine arts degree by the rutgers university in
2019 harvard university awarded the w.e.b dubose medal to queen latifah for cultural contributions
she's a recipient of a grammy award from six nominations a golden globe award two screen
actors guild awards from five nominations two naacp image awards from 13 nominations
one prime time emmy award from three nominations and an academy award nomination in 2021 she
received the bet lifetime achievement award about queen latifah's other ventures queen latifah is
a celebrity spokesperson for covergirl cosmetics pizza hut and jenny craig she represents her own
line of cosmetics for women of color called the covergirl queen collection queen latifah
has also launched a perfume line called queen and queen of hearts apart from singing queen latifah
has written a book on confidence and self-respect called ladies first revelations of a strong woman
about queen latifah's real estate in 2005 queen latifah bought a home in beverly hills california
for 5.4 million dollars the five bedrooms and five bathroom house sits on over 6 700 square feet
in early 2010 queen latifah bought a bungalow in los angeles for 1.3 million dollars
she co-owns the 2 000 square foot three-bedroom two-bathroom house with trainer jeanette jenkins
in 2015 queen latifah sold her coldstack mansion in new jersey for 2.088 million dollars she bought
the home back in 2001 for 2.14 million dollars the over 7 800 square foot home has six bedrooms
six and a half bathrooms and sits on over nine acres of property about queen latifah's
car collection queen latifah owns or has owned a rolls-royce drop head coupe a ford mustang gt an
aston martin vanquish volante a 2015 mercedes-benz s63 a chevy tahoe and a hummer h2 well that's it
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