2. Queen Latifah’s Lifetime Queen Latifah was born to mother Rita Owens and Father Lance Owens, in March 18, 1970. In Newark, New Jersey.

3. 5 Significant Facts Began Singing in the choir at Shiloh Baptist Church in Bloomfield, New Jersey. In 1989 under took a European tour and released her first album “All Hail the Queen” combining Hip Pop, Reggae, and Jazz. In 1990, Latifah won an award as Best New Artist from the New Music Seminar of Manhattan. In 1993 she released her first album on Motown called “Black Religion” dedicated to the memory of her late brother, Lance Latifiah Jr. He was a police officer killed in a motorcycle accident. In 1998 Latifah released her second album with Motown “Oder in the Court”. The album included the hit single “Bananas” with Apache. “Bananas” was listed on Billboards Best in August of 1998.

4. Honors and Awards In April of 1994, she was nominated as solo artist of the year in the First Annual Source Hip–Hop Awards. Even though she lost the award to Snoop Dogg, she came back in March of 1995 to win the Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance. In 1995 at the Soul Train Music Awards she won the Sammy Davis,Jr. Award for entertainer of the year. In January of 1997 she was nominated for two Image Awards, including Best Actress in a Motion Picture for her role in Set it Off Queen Latifah's film career took an impressive jump on the fast track in 2002 when she starred as "Mama" Morton in the film version of Chicago.

5. More Significant Facts Queen Latifah had 6 albums in all. They were All Hail the Queen, Tommy Boy Music, 1989. Nature of a Sista, Tommy Boy Music, 1991. Black Reign, Motown, 1993. Order in the Court (includes "Bananas), Motown, 1998. She's A Queen: A Collection of Hits, Motown, 2002. The Dana Owens Album, 2004

6. More Significant Facts Latifah also had 3 hit singles "Wrath of My Madness," Tommy Boy Music, 1988. "Dance for Me," Inside Out," Tommy Boy Music. "U.N.I.T.Y." Motown, 1994

7. Lesson That Can Be Learned The lesson that you can learn from Queen Latifah is that as a woman in the music industry nothing is to hard if you put your mind to it. As long as you set a path for yourself and let nothing in your way.

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