When Queen Latifah signed her first record contract in 1988, she was one of only a few women who had a presence in the male-dominated hip hop scene. The following year, in 1989, she released her debut ...

The National Recording Registry is slotting in some pioneers among its 2023 entries. Queen Latifah becomes the first female rapper to join the ranks with her 1989 debut album, “All Hail the Queen,” ...

When the world first heard her unique, two-octave vocal range on 1989’s All Hail The Queen, Queen Latifah was all about inclusion. “Ladies First” – the classic collaboration with Monie Love – spoke to ...

Queen Latifah performs at the Jones Beach Theater in 1991 in Wantagh, N.Y., two years after the release of her debut album, "All Hail the Queen." (Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) ...

At a young age, Dana Owens strutted with a regality that was contagious. She gave herself the name Queen Latifah (Latifah is an arabic name meaning delicate and kind) and demanded respect for ...

There’s something to be said about a woman who dubs herself a queen. For Dana Owens, doing so was only fitting, given that her mother instilled in the star the drive to establish the very queendom we ...

Super Mario, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Carl Sagan and Bobbie Gentry among other honorees Queen Latifah, Super Mario, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Daddy Yankee and mariachi music are the latest additions to the ...