Queen Latifah

Throughout the years, Queen Latifah has shown her supremacy, not only in the music, but also in acting. She proved that with her towering height of 5’10 comes multiple talents that make her earn a net worth of $70 million as of 2020. Queen Latifah was born Dana Elaine Owens in Newark, New Jersey, and raised mainly in East Orange. Her parents separated when she was only ten years old. Latifah played basketball while in Irvington High School and was a power forward for her team.

Now, surprisingly, she has ventured into becoming a singer, rapper, songwriter, model, actress, TV producer, talk show host, and comedienne. She is given credit as one of hip hop’s world pioneering feminists and received awards for becoming a figure of strength to the oppressed. Latifah took classes at Borough of Manhattan Community College and started beatboxing during the ‘80s. Her first single was the Wrath of My Madness. Later on, her songs dwelled on topics about violence, relationship problems, and street harassment.