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Dana Elaine Owens (born March 18, 1970), better known by her stage name Queen Latifah, is an American rapper, singer, model and actress. Latifah’s work in music, film and television has earned her a Golden Globe award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Image Awards, a Grammy Award, six additional Grammy nominations, an Emmy Award nomination and an Academy Award nomination.

Latifah was born and raised in the projects(Ghetto) of Newark, New Jersey, the daughter of Rita, a schoolteacher who worked at Irvington High School, and Lancelot Owens, a policeman. Her parents divorced when Latifah was ten. Latifah performed the number “Home” from the musical The Wiz in a high school play. Her stage name, Latifah (لطيفة), meaning “kind” in Arabic, was given to her when she was eight by her cousin. Latifah was raised in the Baptist church, and, while in high school, was a power forward on her basketball team.

She started her career beatboxing for the rap group Ladies Fresh. Latifah was one of the members of the original version of the Flavor Unit, which, at that time, was a crew of MC’s grouped around producer DJ Mark the 45 King. In 1988, DJ Mark the 45 King heard a demo version of Latifah’s single “Princess of the Posse” and gave the demo to Fab Five Freddy, who was the host of Yo! MTV Raps.

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1	I Know Where I've Been	172
2	When You're Good to Mama	133
3	Big, Blonde and Beautiful	92
4	U.N.I.T.Y. full track	71
5	California Dreamin' full track	70
6	Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars full track	50
7	U.N.I.T.Y. (1994)	43
8	i'm not in love full track	41
9	BIG, BLONDE & BEAUTIFUL	40
10	Don't Cry Baby full track	38
11	Cue the Rain	36
12	Simply Beautiful full track	33
13	I Put a Spell on You full track	32
14	I Love Being Here With You full track	31
15	I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl full track	30

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rikn17 wrote:
Wednesday morning

Her speech at the Staples Center yesterday was wonderful!

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rockouthelpout wrote:
Monday afternoon

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kimo007tn wrote:
last month

waw.....very nice music..bravo..

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Solaris22456 wrote:
last month

Chains - the track is a killer!

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havmaleducado wrote:
last month

Chains, Chainzzz or Cue The Rain? wtfs wrong with that song's name? :(

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Keero wrote:
May 2009

CUE THE RAIN <3<3<3

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JDonn wrote:
May 2009

Chainzzz is a cool song ;-)

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ju-juba wrote:
May 2009

cue the rain <3

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lkusa wrote:
May 2009

Wow, what a performer. The Dana Owens tracks are amazing.

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havmaleducado wrote:
May 2009

the new album is coming ^^ Have you listened to her remix of Lady Gaga's Poker Face?

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onitorment wrote:
May 2009

She's. So. Sexy. Her voice is perfect; makes me feel like I'm on vacation.

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sebazziey wrote:
May 2009

you changed my lfe

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Albert-The-Duke wrote:
April 2009

I'm loving her cover of Moody's Mood for Love. <3 Queen Latifah.

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Mike_Anthony wrote:
April 2009

@80sfever: Things like that happen when they show up on the same soundtrack. Last.fm needs a more reliable system for determining truly Similar Artists.

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[deleted-user] wrote:
February 2009

Mercy, Mercy, Mercy is my fav!! <3
anthinea wrote:
February 2009

c'est une vraie chanteuse qui chante avec ses tripes ! bravo !

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renaaato wrote:
February 2009

gosh. love the version of quiet nights of quiet stars. lovely.

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onitorment wrote:
February 2009

Join http://www.last.fm/group/Proud+To+Be+Brief

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80sfever wrote:
February 2009

Zac Efron -- a similiar artist? Ah, better shit yourself.

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secretnumber wrote:
January 2009

love her performance along with Alicia Keys at AMAs!

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