Queen Latifah Fally Adms to Beg Gay?

QUEEN LATIFAH FALLY ADMS TO BEG GAY?
QUEEN {LOR:#595959;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:600;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:0.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.25REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}} A{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;} A:HOVER{LOR:#A00000;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}QUEEN LATIFAH IS A GRAMMY AWARD-WNG RAPPER, RERD PRODUCER AND ACTRS, KNOWN FOR HER ROL THE BIG-SCREEN ADAPTATN OF 'CHIGO' AND THE TV FILM 'BSIE.'{MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;} SPAN{LE-HEIGHT:1.6;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;}{FONT-STYLE:NORMAL;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;FONT-FAY:RALAS,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;LOR:#323232;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.3;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;TEXT-TRANSFORM:PALIZE;}{DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;MARG-LEFT:0.625REM;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}UPDATED: MAR 12, {DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;}{MARG-BOTTOM:0.9375REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 64REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(100VW - (1REM * 2));MARG-LEFT:1REM;MARG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(-1 * 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - (LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 2 * 1REM)) / -2);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 90REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / 2);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / -2) - 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 2);MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 + 1REM)) / -2) - LC(2 * 1REM));}[DATA-HAS-SPONSOR] {MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);MARG-RIGHT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);}}{JTIFY-SELF:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG-LEFT:-50VW;MARG-RIGHT:-50VW;WIDTH:100VW;LEFT:50%;RIGHT:50%;}}{HEIGHT:TO;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO LC(50% - 50VW);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO;}}{POSN:RELATIVE;HEIGHT:TO;}{POSN:RELATIVE;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;VERTIL-ALIGN:TOP;}{LE-HEIGHT:1;MARG-TOP:0.3125REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 73.75REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0;}}{PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;LOR:#595959;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}PHOTO: J. 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EARNED LATIFAH HER FIRST GRAMMY AWARD 1995. LATIFAH HAS ALSO GARNERED ACCLAIM FOR ACTG, EARNG HER FIRST OSR NOMATN FOR HER PERFORMANCE THE 2002 BLOCKBTER MIL CHIGO, AND AN EMMY NOD FOR HER PORTRAYAL OF BLU SGER {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}BSIE SMH THE 2015 FILM BSIE.EARLY LIFEQUEEN LATIFAH WAS BORN DANA ELAE OWENS ON MARCH 18, 1970, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. THE SEND CHILD OF LANCE AND RA OWENS, LATIFAH IS BT KNOWN FOR HER SOCIAL POLICS, ACTG SKILLS AND GIFT FOR RHYME. WHEN SHE WAS 8 YEARS OLD, A MLIM GAVE HER THE NICKNAME LATIFAH, MEANG "LITE AND SENSIVE" ARABIC. LATIFAH BEGAN SGG THE CHOIR OF SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY, AND HAD HER FIRST PUBLIC PERFORMANCE WHEN SHE SANG A VERSN OF "HOME" AS ONE OF THE TWO DOROTHYS A PRODUCTN OF THE WIZARD OF OZ AT ST. ANNE'S PAROCHIAL SCHOOL.IN HER FIRST YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL, LATIFAH BEGAN RMAL SGG AND RAPPG THE RTROOMS AND LOCKER ROOMS. IN HER JUNR YEAR, SHE FORMED A RAP GROUP, LADI FRH, WH HER IENDS TANGY B AND LANDY D RPONSE TO THE FORMATN OF ANOTHER YOUNG WOMEN'S GROUP. SOON THE GROUP WAS MAKG APPEARANC WHEREVER THEY ULD. LATIFAH'S MOTHER WAS A TALYST; SHE WAS TOUCH WH THE STUNTS AND THE MIC. SHE VED MARK JAM, A LOL DISC JOCKEY KNOWN AS D.J. MARK THE 45 KG, TO APPEAR AT A SCHOOL DANCE. THE BASEMENT OF JAM'S PARENTS' HOE EAST ORANGE, EQUIPPED WH ELECTRONIC AND RERDG EQUIPMENT, BEME THE HANGOUT OF LATIFAH AND HER IENDS, WHO LLED THEMSELV THE "FLAVOR UN."ALBUMS AND SONGS'WRATH OF MY MADNS,' 'ALL HAIL TO THE QUEEN'JAM, WHO WAS BEGNG A REER AS A PRODUCER, GAVE A MO RERD OF QUEEN LATIFAH'S RAP PRCS OF THE POSSE TO THE HOST OF YO! MTV RAPS, FRED BRAHWAE (PROFSNALLY KNOWN AS "FAB 5 FREDDY"). THE RERDG PTURED THE ATTENTN OF TOMMY BOY MIC EMPLOYEE DANTE ROSS, AND 1988 THE LABEL ISSUED HER FIRST SGLE, "WRATH OF MY MADNS." THE TRACK MET WH A POSIVE RPONSE, AFFORDG LATIFAH THE OPPORTUNY TO LNCH A EUROPEAN TOUR AND TO PERFORM AT HARLEM'S FAMED APOLLO THEATER. THE NEXT YEAR, LATIFAH RELEASED HER FIRST ALBUM, ALL HAIL TO THE QUEEN, WHICH WENT ON TO SELL MORE THAN 1 LN PI.'NATURE OF A SISTA'' AND MANAGEMENTTHE ARTIST FOLLOWED 1991 WH NATURE OF A SISTA', FEATURG THE SGL "FLY GIRL," "HOW DO I LOVE THEE" AND "LATIFAH'S HAD IT UP 2 HERE." MEANWHILE, SHE DISPLAYED AN TERT VTMENT, PUTTG MONEY TO A LITSEN AND A VIO STORE. REALIZG THAT THERE WAS AN OPENG FOR HER RERD PRODUCTN, LATIFAH ANIZED AND BEME CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE FLAVOR UN RERDS AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY, HEADQUARTERED JERSEY CY, NEW JERSEY. BY LATE 1993, THE PANY HAD SIGNED 17 RAP GROUPS, CLUDG THE VERY SUCCSFUL NGHTY BY NATURE.'BLACK REIGN,' GRAMMY FOR 'U.N.I.T.Y.,' 'ORR THE COURT'IN 1993, LATIFAH RERD A JAZZ- AND REGGAE-FLUENCED ALBUM TLED BLACK REIGN. IT SOLD MORE THAN 500,000 PI, WHILE THE TCHY SGLE "U.N.I.T.Y." EARNED LATIFAH HER FIRST GRAMMY AWARD 1995. SHE FOLLOWED 1998 WH HER FOURTH STUD EFFORT, ORR THE COURT, WHICH WAS NOTABLE FOR BEG HER FIRST ALBUM TO SPORT A PARENTAL ADVISORY WARNG FOR EXPLIC LYRICS.'THE DANA OWENS ALBUM,' 'TRAV'L' LIGHT,' 'PERSONA'LATIFAH BRANCHED OUT OM HIP HOP TO SHOW HER RANGE AS A SGER WH THE DANA OWENS ALBUM (2004), WHICH CLIMBED TO NO. 16 ON THE BILLBOARD 200 AND EARNED A GRAMMY NOMATN FOR BT JAZZ VOL ALBUM. TRAV'L LIGHT (2007) FARED EVEN BETTER ON THE POP CHARTS AND EARNED A GRAMMY FOR STMENTAL ARRANGEMENT. LATIFAH THEN RETURNED TO HER RAP ROOTS WH PERSONA (2009), THOUGH THE ALBUM DREW A MIXED RPONSE OM CRICS.FILM, TV & STAGE'JUNGLE FEVER,' 'JUICE,' 'LIVG SGLE'TURNG TO ACTG, LATIFAH MA HER BIG-SCREEN BUT SPIKE LEE'S TERRACIAL ROMANCE DRAMA JUNGLE FEVER (1991). THE FOLLOWG YEAR, SHE APPEARED THE CRIME THRILLER JUICE, WH OMAR EPPS AND TUPAC SHAKUR. LATIFAH SOON LAND A LEADG ROLE ON THE SMALL SCREEN, APPEARG THE S LIVG SGLE OM 1993 TO '98. THE EDY, WHICH ALSO STARRED KIM COL, KIM FIELDS AND ERIKA ALEXANR, PROVED TO BE A GROUNDBREAKG SHOW. IT REMAS ONE OF THE FEW SS TO FOC ON A GROUP OF AIN-AMERIN WOMEN.'SET IT OFF,' 'LIVG OUT LOUD,' 'THE BONE COLLECTOR'A TALENTED PERFORMER, LATIFAH NTUED TO TACKLE BOTH EDIC AND DRAMATIC PARTS. SHE -STARRED 1996'S SET IT OFF, WH JADA PKETT SMH AND VIVI A. FOX, PLAYG A LBIAN BANK ROBBER. TWO YEARS LATER, LATIFAH TEAMED UP WH HOLLY HUNTER AND DANNY DEVO FOR THE EDY LIVG OUT LOUD. SHE ALSO APPEARED WH DENZEL WASHGTON AND ANGELA JOLIE THE BONE COLLECTOR (1999).OSR NOMATN FOR 'CHIGO'PERHAPS LATIFAH'S MOST ACCLAIMED FILM ROLE TO DATE ME THE 2002 H MIL CHIGO, STARRG RICHARD GERE, CATHERE ZETA-JON AND RENEE ZELLWEGER. HER PORTRAYAL OF PRISON MATRON MAMA MORTON GAVE HER A CHANCE TO SHOW OFF BOTH HER SGG TALENTS AND ACTG SKILLS. FOR HER WORK THE FILM, LATIFAH EARNED AN AMY AWARD NOMATN FOR BT SUPPORTG ACTRS.'BRGG DOWN THE HOE,' 'BETY SHOP,' 'ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN'LATIFAH WENT ON TO RECEIVE STRONG REVIEWS FOR 2003'S ROMANTIC EDY BRGG DOWN THE HOE, ALONGSI STEVE MART. THE FOLLOWG YEAR, SHE EXPERIENCED SOME DISAPPOTMENT WH TAXI, WHICH -STARRED JIMMY FALLON. BUT SHE FARED BETTER WH BETY SHOP (2005) AND HER VOICEOVER WORK THE H ANIMATED FILM ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN (2006).'HAIRSPRAY,' 'THE SECRET LIFE OF BE,' 'STEEL MAGNOLIAS'IN 2007, QUEEN LATIFAH AGA LIGHTED MOVIE-GOERS WH HER MIL TALENTS BY APPEARG AS MOTORMOUTH MAYBELLE HAIRSPRAY, WH JOHN TRAVOLTA. HER CRIME PER MAD MONEY (2008), WH DIANE KEATON AND KATIE HOLM, RECEIVED A LR RECEPTN. RETURNG TO DRAMA, LATIFAH GAVE A STRONG PERFORMANCE THE SECRET LIFE OF BE (2008). SHE ALSO APPEARED ON SHOWS LIKE 30 ROCK AND SGLE LADI AROUND THIS TIME, AND WENT ON TO -STAR THE 2012 TV REMAKE OF STEEL MAGNOLIAS, WH ALE WOODARD, PHYLICIA RASHAD AND JILL STT.TALK SHOW, 'BSIE,' 'THE WIZ LIVE!'HAVG HOSTED A DAYTIME TALK SHOW OM 1999 TO 2001, THE ENTERTAER SOUGHT TO TABLISH ANOTHER VERSN OF THE QUEEN LATIFAH SHOW THE FALL OF 2013. ALTHOUGH THE SHOW WAS NCELED EARLY 2015, LATIFAH BOUNCED BACK WH A WILY PRAISED PORTRAYAL OF LEGENDARY SGER BSIE SMH HBO'S BSIE, GARNERG EMMY AND GOLN GLOBE NOMATNS FOR HER WORK. LATE THAT YEAR, SHE PLAYED THE WIZ THE NBC PRODUCTN OF THE MIL THE WIZ LIVE!'STAR,' 'GIRLS TRIP,' 'FLT'AFTER -STARRG WH JENNIFER GARNER THE 2016 FAY DRAMA MIRACL OM HEAVEN, LATIFAH TOOK ON A LEADG ROLE THE FOX MIL DRAMA STAR, WHICH AIRED FOR THREE SEASONS. THE FOLLOWG YEAR, LATIFAH JOED THE ENSEMBLE ST OF THE RNCHY EDY GIRLS TRIP, WHICH PROVED A H WH FANS. SHE ALSO TOOK ON A WEIGHTIER ROLE THE LIFETIME DRAMA FLT, ABOUT THE WATER CRISIS THE MICHIGAN CY, FOR WHICH SHE RECEIVED AN NAACP IMAGE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDG ACTRS. IN NOVEMBER 2019, LATIFAH RURFACED ABC'S THE LTLE MERMAID LIVE!, HER PERFORMANCE AS URSULA DRAWG PRAISE AS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PRODUCTN.SPOKPERSON AND PERSONAL LIFEIN ADDN TO ACTG, QUEEN LATIFAH HAS SERVED AS A SPOKPERSON FOR COVERGIRL SMETICS. SHE EVEN HAS HER OWN LE WH THE PANY: THE QUEEN COLLECTN.LATIFAH'S SEXUALY HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF MORS OVER THE YEARS, BUT THE QUEEN REF TO LVE TO SUCH PRIVATE MATTERS. "I DON’T HAVE A PROBLEM DISCSG THE TOPIC OF SOMEBODY BEG GAY, BUT I DO HAVE A PROBLEM DISCSG MY PERSONAL LIFE," SHE TOLD THE NEW YORK TIM 2008. "I DON’T RE IF PEOPLE THK I’M GAY OR NOT. ASSUME WHATEVER YOU WANT. YOU DO ANYWAY."IN MARCH 2018, LATIFAH NFIRMED THE ATH OF HER MOTHER, FOLLOWG A LONG BATTLE WH A HEART {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS

Throughout the years, the New Jersey-born mician-turned-Goln Globe wner has refed to nfirm or ny spicns of her homosexualy. “I don’t have a problem discsg the topic of somebody beg gay, but I do have a problem discsg my personal life, ” Latifah sisted durg an terview wh the New York Tim 2008. “I don’t feel like I need to share my personal life, and I don’t re if people thk I’m gay or not.

The Seventi saw many women's rights, gay rights, and environmental movements. As one mentator wrote on Medium, “Latifah's public profile exists somewhere between gay ally and actual gay.

I don’t feel like I need to share my personal life, and I don’t re if people thk I’m gay or not.

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VPA/{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{PADDG-LEFT:3.5REM;PADDG-RIGHT:3.5REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MAX-WIDTH:45.25REM;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 100REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}} EM{FONT-STYLE:ALIC;FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;}{CLEAR:BOTH;NTENT:" ";DISPLAY:BLOCK;FONT-SIZE:0.7REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.5REM;HEIGHT:0REM;VISIBILY:HIDN;}{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM{FONT-STYLE:ALIC;FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;}(1970-){LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:800;LETTER-SPACG:0.02EM;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;MARG-TOP:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}} B, STRONG{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM, I{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;}WHO IS QUEEN LATIFAH?MICIAN AND ACTRS QUEEN LATIFAH'S BUT HIP-HOP ALBUM, ALL HAIL TO THE QUEEN, SOLD MORE THAN 1 LN PI, AND THE SGLE "U.N.I.T.Y." EARNED LATIFAH HER FIRST GRAMMY AWARD 1995. LATIFAH HAS ALSO GARNERED ACCLAIM FOR ACTG, EARNG HER FIRST OSR NOMATN FOR HER PERFORMANCE THE 2002 BLOCKBTER MIL CHIGO, AND AN EMMY NOD FOR HER PORTRAYAL OF BLU SGER {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}BSIE SMH THE 2015 FILM BSIE.EARLY LIFEQUEEN LATIFAH WAS BORN DANA ELAE OWENS ON MARCH 18, 1970, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. THE SEND CHILD OF LANCE AND RA OWENS, LATIFAH IS BT KNOWN FOR HER SOCIAL POLICS, ACTG SKILLS AND GIFT FOR RHYME. WHEN SHE WAS 8 YEARS OLD, A MLIM GAVE HER THE NICKNAME LATIFAH, MEANG "LITE AND SENSIVE" ARABIC. LATIFAH BEGAN SGG THE CHOIR OF SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY, AND HAD HER FIRST PUBLIC PERFORMANCE WHEN SHE SANG A VERSN OF "HOME" AS ONE OF THE TWO DOROTHYS A PRODUCTN OF THE WIZARD OF OZ AT ST. ANNE'S PAROCHIAL SCHOOL.IN HER FIRST YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL, LATIFAH BEGAN RMAL SGG AND RAPPG THE RTROOMS AND LOCKER ROOMS. IN HER JUNR YEAR, SHE FORMED A RAP GROUP, LADI FRH, WH HER IENDS TANGY B AND LANDY D RPONSE TO THE FORMATN OF ANOTHER YOUNG WOMEN'S GROUP. SOON THE GROUP WAS MAKG APPEARANC WHEREVER THEY ULD. LATIFAH'S MOTHER WAS A TALYST; SHE WAS TOUCH WH THE STUNTS AND THE MIC. SHE VED MARK JAM, A LOL DISC JOCKEY KNOWN AS D.J. MARK THE 45 KG, TO APPEAR AT A SCHOOL DANCE. THE BASEMENT OF JAM'S PARENTS' HOE EAST ORANGE, EQUIPPED WH ELECTRONIC AND RERDG EQUIPMENT, BEME THE HANGOUT OF LATIFAH AND HER IENDS, WHO LLED THEMSELV THE "FLAVOR UN."ALBUMS AND SONGS'WRATH OF MY MADNS,' 'ALL HAIL TO THE QUEEN'JAM, WHO WAS BEGNG A REER AS A PRODUCER, GAVE A MO RERD OF QUEEN LATIFAH'S RAP PRCS OF THE POSSE TO THE HOST OF YO! MTV RAPS, FRED BRAHWAE (PROFSNALLY KNOWN AS "FAB 5 FREDDY"). THE RERDG PTURED THE ATTENTN OF TOMMY BOY MIC EMPLOYEE DANTE ROSS, AND 1988 THE LABEL ISSUED HER FIRST SGLE, "WRATH OF MY MADNS." THE TRACK MET WH A POSIVE RPONSE, AFFORDG LATIFAH THE OPPORTUNY TO LNCH A EUROPEAN TOUR AND TO PERFORM AT HARLEM'S FAMED APOLLO THEATER. THE NEXT YEAR, LATIFAH RELEASED HER FIRST ALBUM, ALL HAIL TO THE QUEEN, WHICH WENT ON TO SELL MORE THAN 1 LN PI.'NATURE OF A SISTA'' AND MANAGEMENTTHE ARTIST FOLLOWED 1991 WH NATURE OF A SISTA', FEATURG THE SGL "FLY GIRL," "HOW DO I LOVE THEE" AND "LATIFAH'S HAD IT UP 2 HERE." MEANWHILE, SHE DISPLAYED AN TERT VTMENT, PUTTG MONEY TO A LITSEN AND A VIO STORE. REALIZG THAT THERE WAS AN OPENG FOR HER RERD PRODUCTN, LATIFAH ANIZED AND BEME CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE FLAVOR UN RERDS AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY, HEADQUARTERED JERSEY CY, NEW JERSEY. BY LATE 1993, THE PANY HAD SIGNED 17 RAP GROUPS, CLUDG THE VERY SUCCSFUL NGHTY BY NATURE.'BLACK REIGN,' GRAMMY FOR 'U.N.I.T.Y.,' 'ORR THE COURT'IN 1993, LATIFAH RERD A JAZZ- AND REGGAE-FLUENCED ALBUM TLED BLACK REIGN. IT SOLD MORE THAN 500,000 PI, WHILE THE TCHY SGLE "U.N.I.T.Y." EARNED LATIFAH HER FIRST GRAMMY AWARD 1995. SHE FOLLOWED 1998 WH HER FOURTH STUD EFFORT, ORR THE COURT, WHICH WAS NOTABLE FOR BEG HER FIRST ALBUM TO SPORT A PARENTAL ADVISORY WARNG FOR EXPLIC LYRICS.'THE DANA OWENS ALBUM,' 'TRAV'L' LIGHT,' 'PERSONA'LATIFAH BRANCHED OUT OM HIP HOP TO SHOW HER RANGE AS A SGER WH THE DANA OWENS ALBUM (2004), WHICH CLIMBED TO NO. 16 ON THE BILLBOARD 200 AND EARNED A GRAMMY NOMATN FOR BT JAZZ VOL ALBUM. TRAV'L LIGHT (2007) FARED EVEN BETTER ON THE POP CHARTS AND EARNED A GRAMMY FOR STMENTAL ARRANGEMENT. LATIFAH THEN RETURNED TO HER RAP ROOTS WH PERSONA (2009), THOUGH THE ALBUM DREW A MIXED RPONSE OM CRICS.FILM, TV & STAGE'JUNGLE FEVER,' 'JUICE,' 'LIVG SGLE'TURNG TO ACTG, LATIFAH MA HER BIG-SCREEN BUT SPIKE LEE'S TERRACIAL ROMANCE DRAMA JUNGLE FEVER (1991). THE FOLLOWG YEAR, SHE APPEARED THE CRIME THRILLER JUICE, WH OMAR EPPS AND TUPAC SHAKUR. LATIFAH SOON LAND A LEADG ROLE ON THE SMALL SCREEN, APPEARG THE S LIVG SGLE OM 1993 TO '98. THE EDY, WHICH ALSO STARRED KIM COL, KIM FIELDS AND ERIKA ALEXANR, PROVED TO BE A GROUNDBREAKG SHOW. IT REMAS ONE OF THE FEW SS TO FOC ON A GROUP OF AIN-AMERIN WOMEN.'SET IT OFF,' 'LIVG OUT LOUD,' 'THE BONE COLLECTOR'A TALENTED PERFORMER, LATIFAH NTUED TO TACKLE BOTH EDIC AND DRAMATIC PARTS. SHE -STARRED 1996'S SET IT OFF, WH JADA PKETT SMH AND VIVI A. FOX, PLAYG A LBIAN BANK ROBBER. TWO YEARS LATER, LATIFAH TEAMED UP WH HOLLY HUNTER AND DANNY DEVO FOR THE EDY LIVG OUT LOUD. SHE ALSO APPEARED WH DENZEL WASHGTON AND ANGELA JOLIE THE BONE COLLECTOR (1999).OSR NOMATN FOR 'CHIGO'PERHAPS LATIFAH'S MOST ACCLAIMED FILM ROLE TO DATE ME THE 2002 H MIL CHIGO, STARRG RICHARD GERE, CATHERE ZETA-JON AND RENEE ZELLWEGER. HER PORTRAYAL OF PRISON MATRON MAMA MORTON GAVE HER A CHANCE TO SHOW OFF BOTH HER SGG TALENTS AND ACTG SKILLS. FOR HER WORK THE FILM, LATIFAH EARNED AN AMY AWARD NOMATN FOR BT SUPPORTG ACTRS.'BRGG DOWN THE HOE,' 'BETY SHOP,' 'ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN'LATIFAH WENT ON TO RECEIVE STRONG REVIEWS FOR 2003'S ROMANTIC EDY BRGG DOWN THE HOE, ALONGSI STEVE MART. THE FOLLOWG YEAR, SHE EXPERIENCED SOME DISAPPOTMENT WH TAXI, WHICH -STARRED JIMMY FALLON. BUT SHE FARED BETTER WH BETY SHOP (2005) AND HER VOICEOVER WORK THE H ANIMATED FILM ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN (2006).'HAIRSPRAY,' 'THE SECRET LIFE OF BE,' 'STEEL MAGNOLIAS'IN 2007, QUEEN LATIFAH AGA LIGHTED MOVIE-GOERS WH HER MIL TALENTS BY APPEARG AS MOTORMOUTH MAYBELLE HAIRSPRAY, WH JOHN TRAVOLTA. HER CRIME PER MAD MONEY (2008), WH DIANE KEATON AND KATIE HOLM, RECEIVED A LR RECEPTN. RETURNG TO DRAMA, LATIFAH GAVE A STRONG PERFORMANCE THE SECRET LIFE OF BE (2008). SHE ALSO APPEARED ON SHOWS LIKE 30 ROCK AND SGLE LADI AROUND THIS TIME, AND WENT ON TO -STAR THE 2012 TV REMAKE OF STEEL MAGNOLIAS, WH ALE WOODARD, PHYLICIA RASHAD AND JILL STT.TALK SHOW, 'BSIE,' 'THE WIZ LIVE!'HAVG HOSTED A DAYTIME TALK SHOW OM 1999 TO 2001, THE ENTERTAER SOUGHT TO TABLISH ANOTHER VERSN OF THE QUEEN LATIFAH SHOW THE FALL OF 2013. ALTHOUGH THE SHOW WAS NCELED EARLY 2015, LATIFAH BOUNCED BACK WH A WILY PRAISED PORTRAYAL OF LEGENDARY SGER BSIE SMH HBO'S BSIE, GARNERG EMMY AND GOLN GLOBE NOMATNS FOR HER WORK. LATE THAT YEAR, SHE PLAYED THE WIZ THE NBC PRODUCTN OF THE MIL THE WIZ LIVE!'STAR,' 'GIRLS TRIP,' 'FLT'AFTER -STARRG WH JENNIFER GARNER THE 2016 FAY DRAMA MIRACL OM HEAVEN, LATIFAH TOOK ON A LEADG ROLE THE FOX MIL DRAMA STAR, WHICH AIRED FOR THREE SEASONS. THE FOLLOWG YEAR, LATIFAH JOED THE ENSEMBLE ST OF THE RNCHY EDY GIRLS TRIP, WHICH PROVED A H WH FANS. SHE ALSO TOOK ON A WEIGHTIER ROLE THE LIFETIME DRAMA FLT, ABOUT THE WATER CRISIS THE MICHIGAN CY, FOR WHICH SHE RECEIVED AN NAACP IMAGE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDG ACTRS. IN NOVEMBER 2019, LATIFAH RURFACED ABC'S THE LTLE MERMAID LIVE!, HER PERFORMANCE AS URSULA DRAWG PRAISE AS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PRODUCTN.SPOKPERSON AND PERSONAL LIFEIN ADDN TO ACTG, QUEEN LATIFAH HAS SERVED AS A SPOKPERSON FOR COVERGIRL SMETICS. SHE EVEN HAS HER OWN LE WH THE PANY: THE QUEEN COLLECTN.LATIFAH'S SEXUALY HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF MORS OVER THE YEARS, BUT THE QUEEN REF TO LVE TO SUCH PRIVATE MATTERS. "I DON’T HAVE A PROBLEM DISCSG THE TOPIC OF SOMEBODY BEG GAY, BUT I DO HAVE A PROBLEM DISCSG MY PERSONAL LIFE," SHE TOLD THE NEW YORK TIM 2008. "I DON’T RE IF PEOPLE THK I’M GAY OR NOT. ASSUME WHATEVER YOU WANT. YOU DO ANYWAY."IN MARCH 2018, LATIFAH NFIRMED THE ATH OF HER MOTHER, FOLLOWG A LONG BATTLE WH A HEART {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS

It’s beg reported by that Actrs, Rapper and Maybelle Make-Up spokwoman, Queen Latifah has nfirmed the long held mors that she is fact gay. In fact, all the prs release actually says is that she will be headlg this year’s annual Long Beach Lbian and Gay Pri Ftival; which is somethg that she has never done before.

Queen Latifah Fally Adms to Beg Gay? - Face of Malawi

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