'BDana Elaine Owens (amuru March 18, 1970), onye amara dika Queen Latifah, bu onye obodo America, onye na-eme ihe nkiri, na onye ọbụ abụ. Amụrụ ya na Newark, New Jersey, ọ bịanyere aka na Tommy Boy Records na 1989 wee wepụta album mbụ ya All Hail the Queen na abalị iri abụo na asatọ na onwa November, na afọr 1989, na-egosipụta otu egwu ana akpo "Ladies First". Nature of a Sista (1991) bụ album ya nke abụọ na nke ikpeazụ ya na Tommy Boy Records. Queen Latifah gbara egwu dị ka Khadijah James na Fox sitcom Living Single site na afor 1993 ruo 1998. Ndekọ ya nke atọ, Black Reign (1993), ghọrọ album mbụ nke onye na-agụ nwanyị solo nwetara nzere RIAA, wee wepụta otu " UNITY ", bụ nke nwere mmetụta n'ịzụlite mmata banyere ime ihe ike megide ụmụ nwanyị na ebumnuche nke Mmekọahụ nwanyị ojii. Ihe ndekọ ahụ meriri Grammy Award na ọnụ ọgụgụ kasị elu na Nke 23 na <i id="mwKA">Billboard</i> Hot 100 .