Queen Latifah Tickets - The True Queen of Hip-Hop

There are so many of them out there pulling their weight and making their names known -- Missy Elliott, Lil Kim, Eve. But there's one female rapper out there that not only can be heralded as the top of her rap game, but also as a bonafide superstar in the entertainment industry -- and that star is Queen Latifah. She was born Dana Owens in Newark, NJ, on March 18, 1970, and earned her name 'Latifah' from her Muslim cousin -- meaning 'delicate' or 'sensitive.' However, her developing rap flow was everything but 'delicate' or 'sensitive.' After dabbling into her own rap game, she actually founded her own management company called Flavor Unit Entertainment and was responsible for discovering the monumental rap group Naughty by Nature. But what really took her off onto the superstar track was when she landed a deal with Motown in 1993 for probably her most popular album.

Queen Latifah Tickets - The Music of the Queen

Black Reign featured probably her greatest single -- a song called 'U.N.I.T.Y.' It was such a powerful song that it actually won her a Grammy for Best Solo Rap Performance, not to mention broke Latifah out into the mainstream on all levels -- singing, television, even film. In 1997, she went back to the recording studio for another album after working on TV and a few films, and the result was Order in the Court in 1998. It did pretty well on the charts, but in all honesty you have to appreciate Latifah for everything she is -- a star. Not just a rap artist.

Queen Latifah Tickets - The Sound and Style of Latifah

She had grace, candor, poetics, and a certain flair for the dramatic. What else could you expect from a true entertainer. This was a woman who not only starred in movie musicals like 'Chicago,' earning herself an Oscar nomination, but also was a feature Cover Girl for the cosmetic line. She could write a rap song like no other and act a part so well that you wouldn't have even noticed it was her. She is a true queen.