Queen Latifah

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**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  Hot 100 . O mechara bụrụ onye ndu nke *Set It Off* (1996) wee wepụta album ya nke anọ, *Order in the Court*, na June 16, 1998 na Motown Records . Latifah nwetara otuto na ọrụ ya nke Matron "Mama" Morton na ihe nkiri egwu *Chicago* (2002), na-anata nhọpụta maka Academy Award for Best Support Actress .

Latifah weputara album nke ise ya *The Dana Owens Album* na 2004. Na 2007 na 2009, o wepụtara album ọzọ na studio – *Trav'lin' Light* na *Persona* . O kere ihe ngosi okwu ụbọchị ehihie *The Queen Latifah Show*, nke sitere na 1999 ruo 2001, na ọzọ site na 2013 ruo 2015, na syndication. Ọ pụtala n'ọtụtụ ihe nkiri, dị ka *Bringing Down the House* (2003), *Taxi* (2004), *Barbershop 2: Back in Business* (2005), *Beauty Shop* (2005), *Ikpeazụ Holiday* (2006), *Hairspray* (2007), *Joyful Noise* (2012), *22 Jump Street* (2014) na *Girls Trip* (2017) ma nye ọrụ olu na usoro ihe nkiri *Ice Age* .  Latifah nwetara nkwanye ùgwù dị egwu maka ihe ngosi ya nke onye na-agụ egwú blues Bessie Smith na ihe nkiri HBO *Bessie* (2015), nke o mebere, na-emeri Primtime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie . Site na 2016 ruo 2019, ọ gbara egwu dị ka Carlotta Brown na usoro ihe nkiri egwu *Star* . Na 2020, o gosipụtara Hattie McDaniel na miniseries *Hollywood* .

Akpọrọ Queen Latifah dị ka " Queen of Rap " site n'ọtụtụ akụkọ mgbasa ozi, yana "rap's first feminist".  Latifah ghọrọ onye omenkà hip hop mbụ nwetara kpakpando na Hollywood Walk of Fame (2006). Ọrụ Latifah na egwu, ihe nkiri na telivishọn enwetawo ya Grammy Award, Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award, atọ Screen Actors Guild Awards, abụọ NAACP Image Awards, na Academy Award nomination.

## Ndụ mbido
A mụrụ Dana Elaine Owens na Newark, New Jersey, na Maachị 18, 1970, wee biri na East Orange, New Jersey . Ọ bụ ada Rita Lamae (née Bray; d. 2018),  onye nkuzi na Irvington High School (Latifah's alma mater ), na Lancelot Amos Owens, onye uwe ojii.    Ndị mụrụ ya gbara alụkwaghịm mgbe Latifah dị afọ iri. 

A zụlitere Latifah na okwukwe Baptist .  Ọ gara ụlọ akwụkwọ Katọlik na Newark, New Jersey   na Essex Catholic Girls High School na Irvington, mana ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Irvington High School.    Mgbe ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị gasịrị, Queen Latifah gara klas na Borough of Manhattan Community College . 

Ọ chọtara aha ogbo ya, *Latifah* ( لطيفة *laţīfa* ), nke pụtara "dị nro" na "ụdị dị ukwuu" n'asụsụ Arabic, n'akwụkwọ nke aha Arabic mgbe ọ dị afọ asatọ.  Ogologo oge niile, 5-foot-10-inch (1.78 m) Latifah bụ ike na-aga n'ihu na otu egwuregwu basketball nke ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị.   Ọ rụrụ nọmba " Ụlọ " site na egwu *The Wiz* na egwuregwu ụlọ akwụkwọ ụtọ asụsụ. 

## Ọrụ egwu

### 1988–1989: Mmalite ọrụ
Ọ malitere ịkụ ọkpọ maka òtù hip-hop Ladies Fresh na bụ onye mbụ so na Flavor Unit, nke, n'oge ahụ, bụ ndị ọrụ MC na-agbakọta gburugburu onye mmepụta DJ King Gemini, bụ onye mere ihe ngosi ngosi nke Queen Latifah's rap Princess nke Posse. O nyere Fab 5 Freddy, onye ọbịa *Yo! MTV Raps* . Egwu ahụ nwetara nlebara anya nke onye ọrụ Tommy Boy Music Dante Ross, bụ onye bịanyere aka na Latifah na 1989 nyere otu mbụ ya, "Wrath of My Madness". Ndị na-ese ihe na-adịbeghị anya, dị ka Ice Cube na Lil 'Kim, ga-aga n'ihu na-atụ egwu egwu Latifah na egwu ha, "Wrath of Kim's Madness" na "Ị pụghị igwu egwu na My Yo-Yo" n'afọ ndị ọzọ.  Latifah nwere oke olu-octave abụọ.  A na-ewere ya dị ka onye contralto, nwere ikike nke ma rap na ịbụ abụ. 

### 1989–2002: Rap na hip-hop
Latifah mere akara ya na hip-hop site n'ịkọ banyere okwu gbasara ịbụ nwanyị ojii. Egwu ya kpuchiri isiokwu gụnyere ime ihe ike n'ụlọ, mmaja n'okporo ámá, na nsogbu mmekọrịta.  Freddy nyeere Latifah aka ịbanye na Tommy Boy Records, bụ nke wepụtara Latifah album mbụ *All Hail the Queen* na 1989, mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na itoolu.  N'afọ ahụ, ọ pụtara dị ka Referee na UK label Music of Life album *1989 – Mgbakọ ndị Hustler (dị ndụ)* . Ọ natara onyinye nturu ugo Candace site na National Coalition of 100 Black Women na 1992.  Otu "Ladies First" nke gosipụtara Monie Love ghọrọ egwu mbụ na-arụkọ ọrụ nke ụmụ nwanyị abụọ na-agụ egwú na-abụghị otu.  Na 1993, o wepụtara album *Black Reign*, bụ nke enwetara ikike Gold na United States  wee mepụta abụ mmeri nke Grammy Award " UNITY " Na 1998, Ro Smith mebere ya, ugbu a CEO nke Def Ro Inc., o weputara album hip-hop nke anọ ya *Order in the Court*, nke Motown Records weputara . Latifah bụkwa onye otu hip-hop mkpokọta asụsụ obodo .

Latifah rụrụ na Super Bowl XXXII ihe nkiri ọkara, na-eme ka ọ bụrụ onye mbụ rapper ime ya. 

### 2003–2009: Gbanwee na abụ ọdịnala
thumb| Queen Latifah na-akwado LEAGUE National Awards na nnabata Luncheon 2008
Mgbe *Order na* Courtlọikpe gasịrị, Latifah gbanwere n'ụzọ bụ isi na-abụ egwu mkpụrụ obi na ụkpụrụ jazz, nke o jirila obere oge na ndekọ ndekọ hip-hop ya gara aga. Na 2004, o wepụtara ụkpụrụ mkpụrụ obi / jazz *The Dana Owens Album* . Na Julaị 11, 2007, Latifah bụrụ abụ na Hollywood Bowl a ma ama na Los Angeles dị ka isi okwu na egwu egwu jazz dị ndụ. N'ihu igwe mmadụ karịrị 12,400, ndị otu egwu egwu dị ndụ 10 na ndị na-akụ azụ azụ atọ kwadoro ya, bụ nke akwụ ụgwọ dị ka Queen Latifah Orchestra. Latifah mere nhazi ọhụrụ nke ụkpụrụ gụnyere " California Dreaming ", nke mbụ emere na 1960 akara ngosi Mamas &amp;amp; Papas na -ewu ewu. Mgbe e mesịrị na 2007, Latifah wepụtara album akpọrọ *Trav'lin' Light* . Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Joe Sample, George Duke, Christian McBride, na Stevie Wonder mere ndị ọbịa anya.  Ahọpụtara ya maka Grammy na ngalaba "Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album". 

Na 2009, Latifah, tinyere NJPAC Jubilation Choir,  dekọrọ egwu egwu na album *Oh, Happy Day: An All-Star Music Celebration*, na-ekpuchi egwu nke Edwin Hawkins Singers mere na-ewu ewu na 1969. 

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## Ndụ onwe onye
Azụlitere na East Orange, New Jersey, Latifah abụrụla onye bi na Colts Neck, New Jersey ; Rumson, New Jersey ; na Beverly Hills, California . 

Egburu nwanne Latifah nke tọrọ, Lancelot Jr. na 1992 na ihe mberede metụtara ọgba tum tum Latifah zụtara ya.  N'ajụjụ ọnụ 2006 kpughere na Latifah ka na-eyi igodo ọgba tum tum n'olu ya,  na-ahụ anya n'oge niile ọ na-arụ ọrụ na sitcom *Living Single* . O nyekwaara ya *ọchịchị ojii* . N'akwụkwọ akụkọ onwe ya nke 1999, *Ladies First: Mkpughe nke nwanyị siri ike*, Latifah kwurịtara otú ọnwụ nwanne ya si mee ka ịda mbà n'obi na ịṅụ ọgwụ ọjọọ eme ihe, bụ nke o mesịrị gbakee.

Na 1995, a tara Latifah n'ụgbọ ala, nke mekwara ka e gbaa enyi ya nwoke, Sean Moon. 

N'afọ 1996, e jidere ya ma bo ya ebubo inwe wii wii na inwe egbe aka juru.  Na 2002, e jidere ya maka ịkwọ ụgbọ ala n'okpuru mmetụta na mpaghara Los Angeles.  E tinyere ya n'ụlọ mkpọrọ afọ atọ ka e kpechara ya ikpe. 

Na Machị 21, 2018, nne ya, onye na-eme ihe nkiri Rita Owens, nwụrụ n'ihi nkụchi obi, okwu ọ nọ na-alụ kemgbe 2004. 

Ogologo oge Latifah jụrụ ịkọ nkọ banyere mmekọahụ na ndụ onwe ya, na-agwa *New York Times* na 2008 na "Ọ dịghị m ka m kwesịrị ịkọrọ ndụ m, ọ dịghịkwa m ịma ma ndị mmadụ chere na m bụ nwoke nwere mmasị nwoke ma ọ bụ ọ bụghị".  Na BET Awards 2021, n'oge okwu nnabata ya maka onyinye onyinye ndụ ndụ, o kwuputara n'ihu ọha onye ibe ya Eboni Nichols na nwa Rebel maka oge mbụ, mechie okwu ahụ na " Nganga obi ụtọ!" . 

## Ihe nketa
Akpọrọ Queen Latifah dị ka " Queen of Rap "    na "Queen of Hip Hop"     site n'ọtụtụ akụkọ mgbasa ozi. Dinitia Smith dị ka onye nchịkọta akụkọ maka magazin  (1990) kpọrọ ya "Queen of Rap" na akụkọ profaịlụ ya.  N'akwụkwọ bụ *Notable Black American Women*, Jessie Carney Smith weere ya "onye mbụ nwanyị rap" na "otu n'ime ụmụ nwanyị ole na ole na-eme akara na mpaghara egwu rap na-achịkwa nwoke".  Ụdị dị *iche iche* kpọrọ ya "otu n'ime ndị isi ụzọ maka ụmụ nwanyị na hip-hop ọgbara ọhụrụ,"  na *The Guardian* weere ya "onye ọsụ ụzọ nke rap nwanyị."  Onye edemede *AllMusic* Steve Huey kwuru na Latifah abụghị "n'ezie ọ bụghị nwanyị mbụ rapper, mana ọ bụ onye mbụ ghọrọ ezigbo kpakpando." Latifah ghọrọ onye mbụ solo rapper nke enwetara asambodo RIAA maka album ( *Black Reign* ), ọganihu azụmahịa nke onye nchịkọta akụkọ *AllMusic* tụlere na nke mepụtara ụzọ maka "ndị ọrụ na-arụ ọrụ nkà nke ụmụ nwanyị rapper iji mee onwe ha ụzọ na chaatị dị ka 90s gara n'ihu".  Ọganihu ya nyekwara aka idobe New Jersey na maapụ hip hop. 

Dị ka akwụkwọ akụkọ *African American Review* si kwuo, vidio egwu ụmụ nwanyị na-ekpo ọkụ nke afrocentric maka "Ladies First" gosipụtara "oge telivishọn" ma mebie ọganihu nke mmekọahụ na ịkpa ókè agbụrụ nke na-achịkwa vidiyo egwu n'oge ahụ.  Edepụtara egwu a na egwu 500 nke Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nke Shaped Rock and Roll,  wee bụrụ otu n'ime ederede izizi iji lebara ụkpụrụ ndakpọ nke mmekọrịta nwoke na nwanyị na ndụ obodo.  Onye edemede Tricia Rose kwupụtara na ọ "nyere hip-hop maka mmepe nke pro-nwanyị pro-black diasporas nsụhọ ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị."  *N'ihi ya*, Okla Jones kwuru na egwu " UNITY "-nke egwu na-eche mkparị megide ụmụ nwanyị na omenala hip-hop ma na-eleba anya n'ụdị enweghị nkwanye ùgwù ndị ọzọ-mepụtara ụzọ maka ndị na-egwu egwu nwanyị n'ọdịnihu ka ha bụrụ "ezigbo onwe ha".  Magazin  ya dị ka nwanyị mbụ rapper gafere na TV & ihe nkiri,  dị ka onye na-ese ihe “mebiri ihe mgbochi ma setịpụ ụkpụrụ” maka ụmụ nwanyị ojii na egwu ịgbaso, wee kpọọ ya dị ka “Nwanyị mbụ nke hip. -Hop".  Na 2020, onye nchịkọta akụkọ *Vogue* Janelle Okwodu lere ya anya dị ka akara ngosi ejiji nke "nyere aka ịmalite mkparịta ụka gbasara onyonyo ahụ na-aga n'ihu ruo taa", na-eto ya n'etiti ndị mbụ na-ese ihe bụ ndị sụrụ ụzọ "ọnọdụ ihu igwe nke mkpokọta nha na ihe ngosi nke ụdị niile". 

Queen Latifah ghọrọ mmetụta na R&B, mkpụrụ obi, na ndị na-ese hip-hop, dị ka Eve,  Da Brat,  Lil'Kim,  Fugees,  Jill Scott,  Lauryn Hill,  Missy Elliott,  Remy Ma,  Ivy Queen,  Foxy Brown,  Nwada Dynamite,  Naughty site Nature,  Rapsody,  Megan Thee Stallion,  yana ndị na-eme ihe nkiri Michael K. Williams,  Keke Palmer,  Vin Diesel,  na onye edemede Jason Reynolds .  Onye na-egwu egwu Lin-Manuel Miranda ekwuola na Latifah kpaliri ihe ngosi nke Angelica Schuyler na egwu *Hamilton* . 

## Ekele
 
Queen Latifah ghọrọ nwanyị mbụ na-edekọ ihe nkiri hip-hop ka ahọpụtara ya maka Oscar . N'afọ 2003, Harvard Foundation nyere Queen Latifah Artist of the Year.  Na 2006, Latifah ghọrọ onye mbụ na-ese hip-hop nwetara kpakpando na Hollywood Walk of Fame,  ma kpọbakwara ya n'Ụlọ Nzukọ nke New Jersey na 2011.  N'ọrụ egwu ya, Queen Latifah erela ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ nde abụọ na US.   *Mgbọrọgwụ ahụ* họọrọ ya na nọmba 35 na ndepụta *mgbọrọgwụ* 100.  Na 2017, American Black Film Festival kwanyere Latifah ihe nrite ihe ngosi ihe ngosi.  Na 2018, ọ nwetara akara ugo mmụta Dọkịta nke Fine Arts site na Mahadum Rutgers .  Na 2019, Mahadum Harvard nyere Queen Latifah nrite WEB Du Bois maka onyinye omenala. 

Ọ bụ onye nnata nke Grammy Award site na nhọpụta isii, onyinye Golden Globe, abụọ Screen Actors Guild Awards sitere na nhọpụta ise, abụọ NAACP Image Awards sitere na nhọpụta iri na atọ, otu Primetime Emmy Award site na nhọpụta atọ, na Academy Award nomination. N'afọ 2021, ọ natara ihe nrite BET Lifetime Achievement Award. 

## Ihe ngosi
**Albums Studio**

* *Ekele dịrị eze nwanyị* (1989)
* *Ọdịdị nke Sista*' (1991)
* *Ọchịchị ojii* (1993)
* *Iwu n'ụlọ ikpe* (1998)
* *Album Dana Owens* (2004)
* *Trav'lin' Light* (2007)
* *Onye* (2009)

## Njegharị
Latifah, Jill Scott na Erykah Badu sonyeere imepụta na nwe ikike nke Sugar Water Festival Tour, LLC. Ndị na-abụ abụ atọ niile gbakọrọ ọnụ mgbe ha na-akpọ egwu duo Floetry na 2005 na onye na-agụ egwú Kelis na 2006 dị ka mmeghe. Onye ọchị ọchị/onye na-eme ihe nkiri Mo'Nique jere ozi dị ka onye ọbịa maka njem mmiri mmiri nke 2006.

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