Sarauniya Latifah

**Dana Elaine Owens** (an Haife ta Maris 18, 1970), wacce aka sani da ƙwarewa da sunan matakinta Sarauniya Latifah, mawaƙiyar Amurka ce, kuma 'yar wasan kwaikwayo. Ta sami lambobin yabo daban-daban, ciki har da lambar yabo ta Grammy, lambar yabo ta Emmy Award, lambar yabo ta Golden Globe, Awards Guild Actors guda uku, da lambar yabo ta NAACP guda biyu, baya ga zabin lambar yabo ta Academy. A cikin 2006, ta zama mawaƙin hip hop na farko da ya karɓi tauraro a Walk of Fame na Hollywood.

Lokacin da take shekara 19, Latifah ta fitar da kundi nata na farko All Hail the Queen (1989), wanda ke nuna waƙar "Ladies First". Album dinta na biyu Nature of a Sista' (1991), Tommy Boy Records ne ya samar dashi. Album dinta na uku, Black Reign (1993), ya zama kundi na farko da wata mace ta solo ta sami takardar shedar zinari daga Associationungiyar Masana'antar Rikodi ta Amurka (RIAA), kuma ta haifar da "U.N.I.T.Y" guda ɗaya, wanda ya yi tasiri a ciki. wayar da kan jama'a game da cin zarafi da cin zarafin mata da kuma kin jinin mace bakar fata. Waƙar ta kai saman 40 akan Billboard Hot 100, kuma ta sami lambar yabo ta Grammy. Kundin kundin ta na huɗu a cikin Kotun (1998), an sake shi tare da Motown Records. Tun daga wannan lokacin ta fito da albums The Dana Owens Album (2004), Trav'lin' Light (2007), da Persona (2009).

## Rayuwar baya
An haifi Dana Elaine Owens a Newark, New Jersey, ranar 18 ga Maris, 1970, kuma ta rayu da farko a Gabashin Orange, New Jersey. Ita ce 'yar Rita Lamae (née Bray; d. 2018), malami a makarantar sakandare ta Irvington (Almajirin Dana), da Lancelot Amos Owens, dan sanda. Iyayenta sun rabu tana shekara 10.

An taso ta cikin bangaskiyar Baptist. Ta halarci makarantar Katolika a Newark, New Jersey da Essex Catholic Girls' High School a Irvington amma ta sauke karatu daga makarantar sakandare ta Irvington. Bayan makarantar sakandare, ta halarci darussa a gundumar Manhattan Community College.

## Aikin waƙa

### 1988-1989: Farkon Sana'a
Ta fara buga dambe don ƙungiyar hip-hop Ladies Fresh kuma ta kasance memba na asali na Flavor Unit, wanda, a wancan lokacin, ma'aikatan MC ne da aka haɗa a kusa da furodusa DJ King Gemini. DJ King Gemini ya yi rikodin demo na waƙar rap na Sarauniya Latifah Princess of the Posse, wanda ya ba Fab 5 Freddy, mai masaukin Yo! MTV Raps. Waƙar ta sami hankalin ma'aikaciyar kiɗan Tommy Boy Dante Ross, wacce ta sanya hannu kan Latifah kuma a cikin 1989 ta fitar da waƙarta ta farko, "Wrath of My Madness". Masu fasaha na baya-bayan nan, kamar Ice Cube da Lil'Kim, za su ci gaba da yin samfurin waƙar Latifah a cikin waƙoƙin su "Ba za ku iya wasa da Yo-Yo na ba" da "Wrath of Kim's Madness" bi da bi a cikin shekaru masu zuwa. Latifah tana da kewayon muryar octave biyu. Ana daukar ta a matsayin contralto, mai iya yin rap da rera waƙa.

### 1989-2002: Rap da hip-hop
Latifah ta yi fice a hip-hop ta hanyar yin raha game da batutuwan da mata bakar fata ke fuskanta. Ta rubuta waƙoƙi game da batutuwan da suka haɗa da tashin hankalin gida, cin zarafi akan titi, da dangantaka mai cike da matsala. Freddy ya taimaka wa Latifah shiga tare da Tommy Boy Records, wanda ya fitar da kundi na farko na Latifah All Hail the Queen a cikin 1989, lokacin tana da shekaru goma sha tara. A waccan shekarar, ta fito a matsayin Alkalin wasa a kan lakabin Kiɗa na Rayuwa na Burtaniya 1989 - Taron Hustlers (rayuwa). Ta sami lambar yabo ta Candace daga Haɗin gwiwar Mata na Baƙar fata 100 a cikin 1992. Waƙar "Ladies First" guda ɗaya da ke nuna Monie Love ta zama waƙar haɗin gwiwa ta farko ta wasu mawaƙan mata biyu ba cikin rukuni ba. A cikin 1993, ta fito da kundi mai suna Black Reign, wanda aka ba da takardar shaidar Zinariya a Amurka kuma ta samar da waƙar da ta lashe lambar yabo ta Grammy "U.N.I.T.Y." A cikin 1998, Ro Smith, wanda yanzu Shugaba na Def Ro Inc. ya samar, ta fitar da kundi na hudu na hip-hop Order a Kotun, wanda Motown Records ya fitar. Latifah kuma ta kasance memba na ƙungiyar Hip-hop ta Harsunan Ƙasa.

## Manazarta