Queen Latifah
Queen Latifah was legally born as Dana Owens on March 18, 1970 (Wikipedia). I am a very big fan of hers. From her positions as an actress, rapper, model, singer, and comedian, she always brings her best to the table. The great thing about her is that she is multi-talented. I try to be just like her in this area. I want to be good at all arts whether it's rap, acting, poetry, or singing. She's my inspiration when it comes to perfecting my talents. Throughout her successful career, Queen Latifah's hard work earned her many awards such as a Golden Globe award, Emmy and Grammy award, and Screen Actors Guild awards. She was originally from Newark, New Jeresy, where she played forward for her school basketball team. Her introduction to rap came upon her when she began to beat box for a group called Flavor Unit. This gained exposure to local producers and eventually led to her first single "Wrath of my Madness." Queen then joined Tom Boy Records, releasing her album "All Hail the Queen" (Wikipedia). From her records, "U.N.I.T.Y" has to be my favorite song by her. "Weekend Love" was also a great one from her singing album. She featured in many moving films such as "Bringing Down the House", "Juice", "Last Holiday", and "Just Wright," all going to the big screens and becoming popular movies. I love watching all of her movies. She even had TV appearances such as "Living Single", a very popular hilarious sitcom of four friends living under the same roof dealing with day to day life. She had another show entitled "The Queen Latifah Show" and featured on "Hanging with Mr. Cooper." At first, it was through her TV shows that I discovered who she was. Then as I was going through TV programs one day, I came upon her single "U.N.I.T.Y" and loved the beat. Then I began to get into her other performances under the spotlight. Queen Latifah is an endorser for Cover Girl, Pizza Hut, and Jenny Craig. Like all celebrities, Queen had beef with Foxy Brown, another female MC. Brown questioned Queen's sexuality and called her jealous. Queen fired back with her song "Name Callin' II" where Queen called Foxy skimpy and disses her flow as a rapper. The two ended the beef in 2000 and many call Queen Latifah the winner of it (Wikipedia). I agree with them, you just don't mess with legends in Hip Hop's History.
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