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Queen Latifah

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Queen Latifah

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Also known as Dana Owens, Dana Elaine Owens

American rapper, singer and actress

OverviewAI-generated

Queen Latifah is an American female artist whose career began in 1987. She is associated with the hip hop, soul, jazz, and rap genres. Her musical work has been categorized under tags including female vocalists. The artist has received recognition through a place in the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection.

She is also an author with seven works listed, including *Hey Girl! a Unicorn Coloring Book for Girls* and *Dinosaur Color by Numbers for Kids Ages 4-8*. Her social media presence includes 8,072,831 followers. On Last.fm, her music has accumulated 3,355,137 plays from 424,451 listeners. A quote attributed to her states, "There are different flavours of sexiness."

Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
7

Top works

  • $304 Billion Usd 15 Years Illuminati
  • Hey Girl! a Unicorn Coloring Book for Girls
  • BABY ANIMAL QUEST Color by Number
  • Farmhouse Coloring Book
  • Dinosaur Color by Numbers for Kids Ages 4-8 : Coloring and Activity Book for Kids Ages 4-8 and up

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
Active from
1970-03-18
2008 universal fire victimhip hopjazzsoul

Discography

Official siteDiscogsStream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
424,451
Total plays
3,355,137

Tags

Hip-Hopsouljazzrapfemale vocalists

Dana Elaine Owens (born March 18, 1970) known professionally as Queen Latifah, is an American rapper, songwriter, and actress. Her work spans music, film, and television, and she has received numerous awards, including a Grammy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and two NAACP Image Awards, as well as a nomination for an Academy Award. In 2006, she became the first hip hop artist to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. <a href="https://

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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    · 2014 · cited 2,782x

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    · 2020 · cited 2,301x

  3. Hydrocarbon Separations in a Metal-Organic Framework with Open Iron(II) Coordination Sites

    · 2012 · cited 1,883x

  4. Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance — United States, 2017

    · 2018 · cited 1,657x

  5. The Increasing Disparity in Mortality between Socioeconomic Groups in the United States, 1960 and 1986

    · 1993 · cited 994x

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Quotes

  • “There are different flavours of sexiness.”
  • “There are a lot of people who helped make Queen Latifah who she is today. I don't forget, but a lot of people do and get big heads. My mom will make me walk the dogs or take out the trash when I go home. I'm not allowed to get a big head, I've still got to do the simple things in life.”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Q2646814
Family name
Owens
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Newark
Occupation
businessperson
Educated at
Borough of Manhattan Community College
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Notable work
Ice Age
Genre
soul
Instrument
voice
Record label
Tommy Boy Records
Image
Queen Latifah by Gage Skidmore.jpg
Work location
New York City
Residence
Beverly Hills
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pseudonym
Queen Latifah
Commons category
Queen Latifah
topic's main category
Category:Queen Latifah
date of birth
1970-03-18
nominated for
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
birth name
Dana Elaine Owens
ethnic group
African Americans
name in native language
Queen Latifah
start of work period
1987-00-00
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Art+Feminism
time period
21st century
social media followers
429000
writing language
English language
different from
Queen Letizia of Spain
Sources (9)

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Encyclopedic overview

Dana Elaine Owens (born March 18, 1970), known professionally by her stage name Queen Latifah, is an American rapper and actress. She has received various accolades, including a Grammy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and two NAACP Image Awards, in addition to a nomination for an Academy Award. In 2006, she became the first hip-hop artist to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Latifah was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2026 through the musical influence category.

At age 19, Latifah released her debut album All Hail the Queen (1989), featuring the hit single "Ladies First". Her second album Nature of a Sista' (1991), was produced by Tommy Boy Records. Her third album, Black Reign (1993), became the first album by a solo female rapper to receive a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and spawned the single "U.N.I.T.Y.", which was influential in raising awareness of violence against women and the objectification of Black female sexuality. The track reached the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, and won a Grammy Award. Her fourth album Order in the Court (1998), was released with Motown Records. She has since released the albums The Dana Owens Album (2004), Trav'lin' Light (2007), and Persona (2009).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Queen Latifah” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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