Don't you want to know what's real and what's not? I remember when I was a kid, you know, this whole Cold War thing. They had us scared of the Russians. So, it's almost like, what's real and what's not?
I made decisions that I regret, and I took them as learning experiences... I'm human, not perfect, like anybody else.
I think it's a lame excuse for a lot of these rappers to say they only call girls bitches or hos because they act like that. It doesn't make them right.
I was taught from a young age that many people would treat me as a second-class citizen because I was African-American and because I was female.
She appears in the Aaliyah tribute video "Miss You".
Her Grammy award winning song samples "Message From The Inner City" by The Crusaders.
Queen Latifah is of African American descent.
Appears in Notorious B.I.G.'s video "One More Chance"
Became the first hip-hop artist honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. [4 January 2006]
DJ Tocadisco's song "Nobody (Likes The Records That I Play)" is based on a sample from the film Juice (1992) spoken by Queen Latifah.
She was nicknamed "Latifah" (Arabic for delicate and sensitive) by a cousin while she was in her teens.
Played power forward on the Irvington Public High School girls' basketball team and led them to two New Jersey state championships.
Ranked #72 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll
Had to coach her Bringing Down the House (2003) co-stars Steve Martin and Eugene Levy in hip-hop slang.
She was carjacked and a friend was shot. [July 1995]
Arrested for assaulting a photographer. [6 February 1996]
Queen Latifah plays Ellie in Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (2006).
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