This will be a short look at the biography of the Hip-Hop's First Lady
Dana's career started between 1988 and 1989 when she was beatboxing for Lady Fresh, a hip-hop group. During the same period, she was also one of the original members of Flavor Unit, a New York and Northern New Jersey-based crew of disc jockeys and emcees. Flavor Unit producer DJ King Gemini made her record Princess of Posse. This was her first rap demo. DJ King Gemini made the demo is known, giving it to Fab Five Freddy, or less known for his birth name: Fred Brathwaite, the host at the time of the Yo! MTV Raps. This song got the attention of Dante Ross, a music industry producer who worked for Tommy Boy Music. Ross signed a contract with Mrs Owens. In 1988, thanks to that first demo, she recorded her first single; it was titled: Wrath of My Madness. The following year Dana recorded her first album with the title All Hail the Queen. Among her activities that year, her appearance at The Hustler's Convention was live album recording, and she was a referee. Also, in 1989 she joined the hip hop collective The Native Tongues. Many years later, in 1998, Order in the Court came out. It was her fourth album. This Motown Records released album was her last venture in hip hop.
In 2003 she ventured into two other music genres: jazz and soul music, and she released The Dana Owens Album in 2004. Three years later, she headlined a live jazz concert at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California. In front of a house of twelve thousand and four hundred spectators, she performed songs such as California Dreamin. The same year she made yet another album, Trav'lin' Light. This album was notable for Stevie Wonder, Jill Scott, Joe Sample, George Duke, Christian McBride, and Erykah Badu. Apart from that, it was nominated for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album, a Grammy award category. Her time away from hip hop finished in 2009 when she released the album Persona.
Apart from her music career, Latifah also is known for her roles in movies and tv shows. She started to work in the Fox channel sitcom Living Single in 1993 and starred in that series for five years. Her very own talk show aired from 1999 to 2001 and started again in 2013, but producers cancelled it the following year. She also played a role in the second season of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and much other television works.
In what films are regarded, she started her career with House Party 2 in 1991. There she played a supporting role. She later landed a role in Set it off a 1996 film. However, her claim to fame came with her role as the Best Picture winner of the 2002 musical movie Chicago. For that film, she was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award. She has appeared in many movies since some of their comedies.
Her current net worth is 60 Million dollars.
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