Queen Latifah
Dana Elaine Owens better known as Queen Latifah is an American musician, actress, and rapper. The work of Queen Latifah in film, television and music has won many accolades. This includes a Golden Globe Award two Screen Actors Guild Awards Two Image Awards A Grammy Award Additional Grammy Nominations Emmy Award Nomination and an Academy Award. Queen Latifah was raised in Newark, NJ. The daughter is Rita Owens, Sr. and Lancelot Owens Jr. Her parents divorced at the age of Latifah was ten years old. Latifah went to Catholic school in Newark, NJ and was educated in her family's Baptist Church. Latifah refers to an Arabic word that means "delicate and kind". The cousin she had bestowed it on her in the age of eight. Always a tall girl her height of 5'10 inches Latifah was a power forward for the basketball team at her high school. The song she performed was "Home" from The Wiz in a performance at her highschool. Latifah began beatboxing with the group known as...