Queen Latifah
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One of hip hop's first major female stars, Queen Latifah's smooth, soulful house beats and social raps made her an inspiration to the likes of Missy Elliott, Nicki Minaj and Lauryn Hill. Nicknamed Latifah - meaning delicate and sensitive in Arabic - by her cousin, she started beat-boxing for rap group Ladies Fresh and joined DJ Mark The 45 King's New Jersey MC collective Flavor Unit, where she impressed MTV host Fab Five Freddy and was signed up by Tommy Boy Records. Debut All Hail The Queen (1989) became a classic, producing the feminist anthem Ladies First and the UK Number 14 single Mama Gave Birth To The Soul Children, marking Latifah out as a fearsome and intelligent new voice. She became the first female rapper to reach gold status for third album Black Reign (1993) and won a Grammy Award for the US Top 20 hit U.N.I.T.Y., before turning her hand to acting in the sit-com Living Single and becoming a big film star for roles in the hit movies Chicago, Taxi and The Secret Life Of Bees. She also became the first hip hop star to be honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2006, but returned to music for seventh studio album Persona (2009).
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- U.N.I.T.Y.
- King King by Queen Latifah
- For the Love of Money / Living for the City by Queen Latifah
- Black Hand Side
- Just Another Day...
- Long Ass Week
- Runnin
- Jesus Is Real featuring Queen Latifah
- The Lady Is a Tramp
- What Ya Gonna Do by Inaya Jafan
- U.N.I.T.Y. (Flowervillain Lofi Flip) featuring Queen Latifah
- Hard To Love Ya
- Black On Black Love featuring Next
- The Light
- Turn You On
- Goin' Out Of My Head by Queen Latifah
- Court Is In Session
- Bananas (Who You Gonna Call?) by Apache
- No/ Yes (Skit)
- I Can Do Too by Queen Latifah
- One Day by Queen Latifah
- Weekend Love
- Paper
- Phone Call
