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Latest album's name from Queen Latifah is "Trav'lin' Light" which is released 46 days ago on 25 September 2007.
Queen Latifah (born Dana Elaine Owens, March 18, 1970 in Newark, New Jersey) is a Grammy-winning American rapper/singer and Academy Award...
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  Queen Latifah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Queen Latifah was born in Newark, New Jersey, to Lancelot Owens, a police officer, and Rita Owens, a high-school art teacher.
Latifah has received some notably positive reviews for the role, including a statement by film critic Richard Roeper that "this is the Queen Latifah performance I've been waiting for ever since she broke into movies".
Latifah is a celebrity spokesperson for Cover Girl cosmetics and Curvation ladies underwear; she has starred in several commercials for the line, as well as a commercial with fellow spokeswoman and singer Faith Hill.
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 Queen Latifah
In a recording media characterized by the belligerence of the gangster culture, Queen Latifah established herself as a pillar of female strength and developed a reputation as a role model for her generation.
Queen Latifah was born Dana Owens on March 18, 1970 in Newark, New Jersey.
Latifah rebuked the invaders of her privacy with a sound determination to keep such personal matters private, asserting that details of her sexuality would never be of anyone's concern but her own.
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 Rock On The Net: Queen Latifah   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Queen Latifah was born Dana Owens in Newark, NJ on March 18, 1970.
Queen Latifah is probably the most well-known and respected female rapper in the industry with her strong, empowering lyrics and personable style.
Latifah later confessed the incident was unfortunate and reflected a downward spiral resulting from the car-jacking and the continuing feelings of loss over her brother's death.
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 Queen Latifah - Music Downloads - Online
Bio: Queen Latifah was certainly not the first female rapper, but she was the first one to become a bona fide star.
Queen Latifah was born Dana Owens in Newark, NJ, on March 18, 1970; her Muslim cousin gave her the nickname Latifah -- an Arabic word meaning "delicate" or "sensitive" -- when she was eight.
That same year, Latifah was pulled over for speeding and was arrested when a loaded gun and marijuana were discovered in her vehicle; she pled guilty to the charges and was fined.
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 Queen Latifah   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Queen Latifah's accomplishments to date have the power to drop jaws in awe, but she maintains that she is the same Jersey girl she started out as.
Queen Latifah's debut LP, All Hail The Queen was released in November, and contained her first hit on R&B radio, "Ladies First" as well as "Dance For Me" and "Wrath Of My Madness." Guests on the LP included De La Soul and Monie Love.
In February, Queen Latifah was arrested for drug and weapons charges after she was stopped for speeding in California and a loaded gun and marijuana were found in the vehicle.
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 Queen Latifah biography
Queen Latifah is a Grammy Award-winning recording artist, star of television and film, published author, artist manager, business owner and now, talk show host and executive producer.
Latifah also devotes a generous amount of her time to charities, especially those that support children and AIDS research.
In January 1999, Latifah continued her message of positive self-esteem and, using her own life as an example, wrote the book "Ladies First: Revelations of a Strong Woman" to illustrate that everyone is a king or a queen.
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 Queen Latifah premieres new movie in N.J. - Boston.com
Queen Latifah hosted a hometown premiere of her latest movie "Last Holiday" on Wednesday, inviting hundreds of guests to a city movie theater.
Queen Latifah premieres new movie in N.J. Queen Latifah poses on the red carpet as fans cheer behind her outside a screening of her new film, "Last Holiday," in Newark, N.J., Wednesday Jan. 11, 2006.
Latifah brought her co-star, LL Cool J. And comedian Joe Piscopo, a fellow New Jersey native, also attended.
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 Queen Latifah
Queen Latifah, arguably the most respected and revered female rapper of our time, returns to her musical roots with the release of her greatest hits a collection of music culled from a decade plus in the hip hop game.
The crazy upbeat dance track garnered Latifah major radio attention and established her as an MC to be reckoned with.
Latifah's accomplishments in the music arena are but one part of her success story.
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 Queen Latifah
Queen Latifah made a big splash when she first appeared, rapping about uplifting the race (but not a separatist) and about being a proud fl woman (but not explicitly feminist), over beats that were danceable (but not crossover).
Since then, she's headed into more mainstream territory, becoming more popular with the general public (like Fresh Prince and LL Cool J, she's even got her own TV show) but has lost some credibility with the hiphop fans who got her started.
Like MC Lyte's Ain't No Other, this was an attempt to recapture Latifah's street credibility - the cover photo shows her angry-faced in gansta gear.
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 AskMen.com - Queen Latifah pics
Influenced by jazz and funk, Latifah (a name she adopted when she was 8 years old, meaning delicate and sensitive in Arabic) turned to music to reflect this atmosphere.
The stint, which lasted from '93 to '98, was difficult for Latifah at first as she underwent the first of a number of emotional setbacks during the first season.
Latifah was established so firmly in entertainment that she was able to land her own talk show in 1999.
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 Queen Latifah
After a short stint as a Burger King employee, Queen Latifah made her breakthrough as a rapper when she was just 18 years old.
Although she was arrested in 1996 for assaulting a photographer and in a separate incident for carrying a loaded pistol and possessing marijuana, she comes from a police family (both her father and brother Lance were policemen).
Each year Latifah serves as co-chairman for the Lancelot H. Owens Foundation Inc., established by her mother, Rita Owens, in memory of Lance.
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 Queen Latifah Photos - Queen Latifah News - Queen Latifah Information   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Queen Latifah was born on March 18, 1970 at 7:02 am in Newark, New Jersey.
She was nicknamed "Latifah" (Arabic for delicate and sensitive) by a cousin while she was in her teens.
Queen Latifah hosted this short-lived talk show where she interviewed famous celebrities and everyday people dealing with life's ups and downs.
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Blessed with style, substance and mad skills, Queen Latifah has blossomed into a one-woman entertainment conglomerate, heralded by the press and the industry as a force to be reckoned with and a talent to be watched.
As far as Queen Latifah is concerned, though she's about stepping back into the arena after a lengthy hiatus, she is typically confident and self-assured.
The first peek at one of Queen Latifah's different qualities is "Bananas." Ask Latifah to describe the track, which she co-wrote, and she says, "It's the professional side of the somewhat hard-core MC that's in me. It's an in-your-face kind of record.
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 Black History Month 2006- BHM Star: Queen Latifah - AOL Black Voices
Queen Latifah currently stars in the comedy 'Last Holiday' alongside fellow rapper LL Cool J. Watch Queen Latifah and LL Cool J in Voices On
Dana Owens, AKA Queen Latifah, was born in Newark, N.J., on March 18, 1970.
Her cousin gave her the moniker, Latifah -- which means "delicate" and "sensitive" in Arabic -- when she was 8.
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 USATODAY.com - Queen Latifah is stylin'   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Latifah and fellow "stylists" Alicia Silverstone and Alfre Woodard attended a beauty boot camp at a salon in California, where they learned how to pretend to be hair pros.
Latifah leans back in her chair and starts laughing to herself, putting on her sunglasses before promptly removing them and toying with their frame.
Latifah has come a long way from the projects of Newark, N.J. In the late '80s, she started out as a rapper known for her girl-power anthems.
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 Queen Latifah @ Filmbug
Latifah will continue her string of successes in 2004 with starring roles in Fox's TAXI, with Jimmy Fallon, MGM's BEAUTYSHOP (a spin-off of the hit BARBERSHOP), Paramount's action film BAD GIRLS (which Latifah will also produce), with Jada Pinkett Smith, and Miramax's remake of the Korean film MY WIFE AS A GANGSTER.
Queen Latifah is diligent in her pursuit of excellence, as evidenced by the awards she has received for her work in film and music.
Every year, Queen Latifah serves as co-chairman for the Lancelot H. Owens Scholarship Foundation, Inc. Established by her mother, Rita Owens, to perpetuate the memory of a loving son and brother, the foundation provides scholarships to students who excel scholastically but are limited in financial resources.
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 AskMen.com - Queen Latifah
Latifah proved to be an excellent actress as well, starring on the TV series Living Single before doing films like Jungle Fever, Set it Off, Bringing Down the House and Chicago, for which she received an Oscar nomination.
Amazingly, Queen Latifah has managed to do both and proved to be a great, multi-faceted entertainer in the process.
A native of Newark, New Jersey, Queen Latifah was born Dana Owens on March 18th, 1970.
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 Queen Latifah Goes On 'Welfare' - Real-life drama will launch Latifah's new production deal with Rogue - Zap2it
Queen Latifah may be the queen of many things, but given her successes in the entertainment industry, welfare isn't usually one of her domains.
By getting her names in the welfare records at least a dozen times and claiming something in the order of 49 children, Woods was able to collect nearly $400,000 in welfare back in the early '80s.
Latifah can currently be heard voicing a mammoth in "Ice Age: The Meltdown." She was seen earlier this year in the comedy "Last Holiday." The "Chicago" star will next appear in "Stranger Than Fiction" and "Hairspray."
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 ABC News: Queen Latifah Gets Hollywood Star   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Actress Queen Latifah poses for a photo on her star during a ceremony honoring her with the first Hollywood Walk of Fame star of the the year, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2006, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles.
Queen Latifah is currently starring in "Last Holiday," which will be released nationwide Jan. 13.
Born Dana Owens, Queen Latifah made her debut in 1989 with the seminal hip-hop album "All Hail the Queen." Her third album, "Black Reign," earned her a Grammy award in 1994.
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 Queen Latifah Biography and Update at SoulTracks
Recommended CD Though still only in her early 30s, Queen Latifah has become an almost iconic figure in popular entertainment, having reached high levels of success in music, television and, most recently, feature films over a 15-year career.
However, Queen Latifah's foray into this area is atypical; she is now at the peak of her popularity and the recording of The Dana Owens Album appears to be more an artistic than market-driven decision, much like the Linda Ronstadt albums that began the standards trend in the 80s.
Queen Latifah amply demonstrates on The Dana Owens Album that she is a fine pop/soul singer.
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 The Queen Latifah Show
``Queen Latifah",according to sources, was dropped largely due to its being held by Fox owned-and-operated stations, while precious time slots have already been filled on the other major market station groups.
Queen Latifah, the versatile musician/actress/talk show host, is in discussions to star in and executive produce the comedy "In the Houze" for Disney and Hyde Park Entertainment.
Queen Latifah's other film credits include 1996's "Set It Off" and 1998's "Sphere." She is working on the CBSTV movie "Talking to Heaven" opposite Ted Danson and recently finished production on her syndicated TV talk show "The Queen Latifah Show," which ran for two years.
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 USATODAY.com - Queen Latifah gets Hollywood star   (Site not responding. Last check: )
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Queen Latifah has become the first hip-hop artist crowned with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Queen Latifah, right, shares her big moment with her mom, Rita Owens.
Born Dana Owens, Queen Latifah made her debut in 1989 with the seminal hip-hop album All Hail the Queen.
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 ABC News: Queen Latifah Dazzles Fans
Later in the show, Latifah was joined by Erykah Badu and Jill Scott, with whom she is currently performing in the Sugar Water Festival, in a special tribute to Luther Vandross.
Soon after, Latifah branched out into acting, appearing on TV shows "Living Single" and "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air" and in movies, including "Chicago," which earned her both a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination.
Latifah has also earned four Grammy nominations and is scheduled to appear next in the romantic comedy "The Last Holiday," co-starring Gerard Depardieu.
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 Cinema Confidential News: 01/12/06 - INTERVIEW: Queen Latifah on "Last Holiday"
Queen Latifah, shows off some high living in "Last Holiday," a remake of the 1950 film starring Alec Guinness.
Below, Queen Latifah talks about her romantic comedy and working with co-star, LL Cool J. Q: So how does it feel to take on a role that was originally portrayed by a man? It's like the woman's right to a man's role...
QUEEN LATIFAH: That was part of it; to play a character that was shy, meek, and cumbersome; always bending her back for others.
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 Tower Records - The Dana Owens Album - Queen Latifah   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Queen Latifah closes the set with a masterful performance of the classic "Lush Life," a fitting ending to an entirely anachronistic record.
I hope that Queen Latifah does a volume two, her voice is superb and the easy listening format make it one of my all time favourites.
Queen Latifah proves she is as comfortable performing classic songs as she is doing rap.
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