Queen Latifah (born Dana Elaine Owens, March 18, 1970 in Newark, New Jersey) is
a Grammy-winning American rapper/singer and Academy Award-nominated actress.
Well known as both an actress, spokesperson, voice-over artist and rapper/singer, Queen
Latifah is a multi-talented artist. Some of her hits include the singe "U.N.I.T.Y." and "Bring
Tha Flava". Her most recent album, The Dana Owens Album (2004), explores new
territory for Queen Latifah as it features soul and jazz standards rather than tracks of the
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Queen Latifah started her career beatboxing for the rap group Ladies Fresh. In 1988, local DJ Mark the 45 King heard a demo version of her single, "Princess of the Posse", and gave the demo to Fab Five Freddy. Freddy helped Queen Latifah sign with Tommy Boy Records. They released her first album, All Hail the Queen, in 1989. She was 18 at the time. Her debut managed to be both a critical and commercial success and was followed by the albums Nature of a Sista and Black Reign, which contained the hit single, "U.N.I.T.Y.", for which she won a Grammy. In 1998 after releasing fourth rap album, Order in the Court, she released the soul/jazz standards collection, The Dana Owens Album, in 2004.