Queen Latifah is a renowned American rapper, actress, and singer.
Dana Elaine Owens, known professionally as Queen Latifah, was born on March 18, 1970, in Newark, New Jersey, the United States to her parents Rita Lamae Bray Owens and Lancelot Amos Owens, Sr. She spent her childhood growing up in East Orange, New Jersey.
Queen Latifah’s mother Rita Lamae Bray was a teacher at Irvington High School while her father Lancelot Amos Owens worked as a police officer. However, her parents divorced when she was ten years old.
Queen Latifah attended Catholic school in Newark, New Jersey and then Essex Catholic Girls’ High School in Irvington. She later graduated from Irvington High School before proceeding to attend classes at Borough of Manhattan Community College. She got signed to Tommy Boy Records in 1989, where she released her debut album All Hail the Queen on November 28, 1989.
Queen Latifah’s third album, Black Reign (1993), made history as the first album by a solo female rapper to receive an RIAA certification. She has made appearances in Living Single (1993-1998), Bringing Down the House (2003), Taxi (2004), Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2005), Beauty Shop (2005), Last Holiday (2006), Hairspray (2007), Joyful Noise (2012), 22 Jump Street (2014), Girls Trip (2017), and Bessie (2015).
Queen Latifah became the first hip hop artist to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (2006). She is the recipient of a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, two NAACP Image Awards, as well as an Academy Award nomination.
What disease does Queen Latifah have?
Queen Latifah does not have any disease. However, she lost her mother, Rita, to the disease of scleroderma-associated interstitial lung disease (ILD) in 2018.