NEW YORK – JUNE 28: Queen Latifah (Dana Owens) appears in a portrait taken backstage during Queen Latifah’s video shoot for “Fly Girl” on June 28, 1991 in New York City. (Photo by Al ...

Latifah released her fifth album The Dana Owens Album in 2004. In 2007 and 2009, she released two more studio albums – Trav'lin' Light and Persona. She created the daytime talk show The Queen ...

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Rita Owens, the mother of Queen Latifah and former New Jersey ... Rita Owens passed away today,” Latifah, whose real name is Dana Owens, said in a statement to USA TODAY by her spokesperson ...

Queen Latifah will produce a set of hip-hop biopics. She’s aiming to start with her own story. Will Smith is among the producers of the film. The musical biopic genre just keeps on expanding.

Latifah, born Dana Elaine Owens in Newark, first rise to stardom after releasing her debut 1989 album “All Hail the Queen.” She was only 19 years old. During her music career, Latifah made ...

Queen Latifah’s story is one of triumph that needs to be shared with the world,' says Jesse Collins. The details about Dana Owens’ life are about to be told to the masses! According to Forbes ...

RuPaul and Queen Latifah at “Love Ball II” at New ... with the release of two jazz collections, 2004’s The Dana Owens Album, her best-selling record to date, and 2007’s Trav’lin ...

Meanwhile, Queen Latifah was leading a retrospective of ... She reached back to “The Dana Owens Album” – now 20 years old – for her lush, jazz-inflected arrangement of the Mamas and ...

Queen Latifah was a part of the Native Tongues ... The smooth contralto released two albums of jazz covers and standards, “The Dana Owens Album” and “Trav’lin’ Light.” ...

Queen Latifah performs at the Jones Beach ... Just listen to 2004’s “The Dana Owens Album,” in which she tackles everything from Al Green to the Mamas & the Papas. But when it became clear ...