QUEEN LATIFAH & EBONI NICHOLS

Throughout her career, Queen Latifah has ruled the music charts, award shows, and box office. The rapper’s debut album All Hail to the Queen debuted in 1989 and sold over one million copies. In 1995, her smash track U.N.I.T.Y. earned her her first Grammy. Latifah even earned an Academy Award nomination for her credit in the film adaptation of the musical Chicago. Despite discussing societal issues, the award-winning actress has avoided questions about her personal life. However, she stunned the nation when she honored her reported girlfriend, Eboni Nichols, while winning the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2021 B.E.T. Awards.

Nichols is a choreographer in Hollywood who began her career as an L.A. dancer. She has worked with artists such as Beyoncé, Aaliyah, and Jennifer Lopez after leaving the Lakers. They met on set for Dancing With the Stars, and the two reportedly married in 2013. Their first kid, a boy named Rebel, was born in 2019. Although it is unknown what role Nichols and Rebel have in Latifah’s personal life, it is clear that they are important to her.