Queen Latifah
USA
Born: 18 March 1970
Genres: Rap, Pop/Rock, Electronic, R&B
Styles: Pop-Rap, Hip-Hop/Urban, Hip-Hop/Urban, Alternative Rap, Adult Contemporary, Soft Rock, House, Dance, Club/Dance, Contemporary R&B, Golden Age
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Queen Latifah was certainly not the first female rapper, but she was the first one to become a bona fide star. She had more charisma than her predecessors, and her strong, intelligent, no-nonsense persona made her arguably the first MC who could properly be described as feminist. Her third album, Black Reign, was the first album by a female MC ever to go gold, a commercial breakthrough that paved the way for a talented crew of women rappers to make their own way onto the charts as the '90s progressed. Latifah herself soon branched out into othe...
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