Biography
Queen Latifa is a popular music performer, which in the US is called the "Queen of the Women's Rap". It is also known as a fashion model and actress, which played 30 roles in the cinema. Most of her characters in films are desperate and fearless people who do not care about the opinion of others, which exactly coincides with the character of a talented and shock latif.Childhood and youth
Real name of a rap star - Dana Elaine Owens. By nationality, she is an American with African and Indian roots. The future singer was born in New York on March 18, 1970.
Parents, besides her, still raised Son Lancelot, mother worked as a teacher, and his father is a policeman. They diverged when the girl was 10 years old.
A nickname of a Latifa, meaning "gentle", Dana received in childhood from a cousin and later decided to take as a stage name.
Music
In school years, the girl played in a basketball team, but the sport fascinated her not as much as the music and the scene - she tried to speak in almost every school play and sang in church choir. In the parish school named after St. Anna, the first speech was given - a talented student sang Aria HOME from the musical "Wizard from Oz".
In adolescence, Quen began to write his songs - rap composition about the fate of black women. After receiving secondary education, it became a member of the Ladies Fresh group. Once Mother Latifa managed to show the song of the daughter of the local DJ DJ brand, and he helped the young talents to break through the road on the scene. In the basement of the parent house, Mark equipped a small studio, where the Girl's team recorded the first album. Also at this time it was decided to change the name on Flavor Unit.
Later Mark transferred a record to a familiar with MTV Fred Bradveut. So the group became part of the musical parties, and they noted them the producer of the label Tommy Boy Records Dante Ross. A 3-year contract was eventually signed with one latifa, and in 1988 her first professional single Wrath of My Madness came out.
After the singer, he received a chance to speak at the Apollo Theater - this hall in the quarter Harlem eventually played a huge role in both the creative biography of the Latifa and in the development of the entire African American musical culture.
In 1999, a full-fledged debut plate of All Hail The Queen, which immediately made Kuin insanely popular: the total circulation amounted to 1 million copies. Among the fans, it is still considered to be the best work among the entire female rap. In the next 4 years, Latifa wrote another 2 albums, and her hits received 6 nominations for Grammy. The last work of the singer in the Hip-Hop genre was published in 1999, after which she switched to Soul and Jazz. Grammy received the performer in the end for the single Unity.
Films
The first role in the movie got Latif in 2001 in the movie "Tropical Fever". Loud success she brought shooting in the TV series "Single Room", which came out from 1993 to 1998. After that, Quien's career went to the mountain, and in 1999 she created her own television show.
In 2002, Queen Latif became the owner of Oscar - so highly critics appreciated its role in the famous Musical "Chicago". 3 years later, the artist received a star on the Hollywood "Alley of Glory" and starred in the new painting "Beauty Salon".
In 2006, her filmography was replenished with a picture "Last vacation", where Latif played a shy saleswoman Georgia Berd. Having learned that the deadly sick and her days were already considered, the girl rushes into all the grave to live the remaining time "on the full coil", and during his eccentrics finds the love and business of life. Her partner in the shooting was Gerard Depardieu.
After 2 years, Quen starred in a criminal comedy "Crazy money". Later, critics responded negatively about him, and the film received the 3rd place in the ranking "10 worst films of the year."
Personal life
Queen really does not like talk about his personal life and evades them, not wanting to comment or refute even scandalous rumors. It is known that she never had a husband. The only frankness on which the singer recently decided - recognition how much she dreams of children: Latif plans to adopt the child. According to her, she was going to do it from 17 years.
Nevertheless, some details of her privacy public are still known, for example, that Queen bisexual. Recognition in unconventional orientation fans considered her desire to participate in the gay parade.
It is also known that it consisted in relations with Kenda Aizaks and Janet Jenkins. Now Latif is found with a girl named Ebony Nichols. The couple is often seen together, but the circumstances of dating and details about the new girlfriend are unknown.
The singer was very tied to his brother, but he died early. In 24, Lancelot crashed at a motorcycle presented sister. Even after many years, Latif continues to so much to regret what happened - in the memory of the memory, it wears the neck chain with keys from that very motorcycle.
"From that tragedy I carried a lesson - life does not stop after the loss of loved ones," Kiune says. "I know that my brother would not want me to melted in the grief about him and stopped living in full life."Latifa is famous for lush forms and never shonened his body. Its weight is 95 kg with growth 178 cm. On the network you can find many photos of the singer in swimsuits and candid outfits. In 2005, Queen starred to advertise underwear of large sizes. In an interview, it, however, recognized that the physique often happens to her source of trouble. For a long time, the actress suffered from back pain because of the breast size and in 2009 even decided on an operation to reduce it to reduce the burden on the spine.
"Queen Rap" is also known for his business grip. In his youth, she was engaged in investing, receiving the first money from the debut album. Its start-up business was a small video shop store, located right in the house where she then lived. Later, Latifa realized that it was easiest to achieve financial success in a familiar sphere, and took up musical producing.
Queen Latif now
In 2018, the media reported the death of Mom singer. Rita Owens fought for a long time with a severe illness that caused heart failure. She always supported the daughter in all matters. For her sickness, Queen frankly told in the documentary "Mother's Day", who removed the American Association to Combat Heart Diseases.
Today, Latif spends many concerts and plans to perform the producer of the series. The painting "idle men and unmarried women" already went on screens in 1993, and she wants to create her updated version.
Queen leads a page in "Instagram" with millions of subscribers, where publishes photos with close, friends and partners in the scene.
Discography
- 1989 - All Hail The Queen
- 1991 - Nature Of A Sista
- 1993 - Black Reign
- 1998 - Order in the Court
- 2004 - The Dana Owens Album
- 2007 - TRAV'LIN 'LIGHT
- 2009 - Persona.
Filmography
- 1991 - "Tropical fever"
- 1992 - "Authority"
- 1993-1998 - "Single Room"
- 1998 - "On the whole coil"
- 2002 - "Chicago"
- 2004 - "New York Taxi"
- 2004 - "Shashlyk"
- 2005 - "Beauty Salon"
- 2006 - "Last Vacation"
- 2010 - "Valentine's Day"
- 2010 - "Just Wright"
- 2011 - "Dilemma"
- 2013 - "House Tel"
- 2016 - "Star"
- 2017 - "Delated Girls"