Who is Queen Latifah? Age, Net worth, Relationship, Height, Affair

Queen Latifah is an award-winning singer, music producer, and entrepreneur from the United States. Latifah is one of the few female rappers that has achieved success in the music industry. She currently has a net worth of around $65 million. Latifah used her singing platform to address difficult subjects, distinguishing herself in the hip-hop genre. She was the first female rapper to be nominated for an Academy Award. She has also garnered numerous awards, including an Emmy, a Grammy, and three Screen Actors Guild nominations.

Queen Latifah: Bio, Age, Ethnicity, Siblings

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Queen Latifah was born Dana Elaine Owens on March 18, 1970, in East Orange, New Jersey. Her parents, Rita Lamae and Lancelot Amos divorced when she was just ten years old. Additionally, her mother died of heart failure on March 21, 2018. In Arabic, her stage name Latifah means delicate and gentle.

As if that wasn’t enough, Lancelot Jr, her younger brother, died in a motorbike accident in 1992. Her despair was exacerbated by her brother’s death, which led to drug misuse. As a result, she was arrested and charged with marijuana possession in 1992. In 2002, she was arrested once more for driving under the influence of narcotics.

Quick Facts

Real Name/Full Name	Dana Elaine Owens
Nick Name/Celebrated Name:	Queen Latifah
Birth Place:	East Orange, New Jersey
Date Of Birth/Birthday:	18 March 1970
Age/How Old:	52 years old
Height/How Tall:	In Centimetres – 153 cm In Feet and Inches – 5′ 0″
Weight:	In Kilograms – 59 Kg In Pounds – 131 lbs
Eye Color:	Hazel
Hair Color:	Brown
Parents Name:	Father – Lancelot Amos Mother – Rita Lamae
Siblings:	Lancelot Jr,
School:	N/A
College:	N/A
Religion:	Unknown
Nationality:	American
Zodiac Sign:	Pisces
Gender:	Female
Sexual Orientation:	Lesbian
Marital Status:	Married
Boyfriend:	Eboni Nichols
Husband/Spouse Name:	Eboni Nichols
Kids/Children Name:	Rebel
Profession:	Actress, award-winning singer, music producer, and entrepreneur.
Net Worth:	$80 million

Height, Weight, and Body Dimensions

Queen Latifah, who was born on March 18, 1970, is 52 years old as of today’s date, May 22, 2022. Despite her height of 5′ 0′′ in feet and inches and 153 cm in centimeters, she weighs 131 pounds and 59 kg. Her hair is brown and her eyes are hazel.

Education

Regrettably, there aren’t enough sites that provide information regarding Queen’s education.

Personal Life: Boyfriends, Husbands, and Children

Since 2013, Queen Latifah has been dating renowned choreographer Eboni Nichols. On the set of the television show “Dancing With the Stars,” the two met. Rebel 2019, the couple’s kid, was born in 2019. Despite their celebrity, they have kept their romance discreet.

Queen Latifah is a Lesbian?

In terms of sexual orientation, Queen Latifah is straight. She is neither bisexual nor lesbian. She has, however, been engaged to Eboni Nichols for a long time. The couple welcomed a child in 2019 and are now not arguing or considering a divorce. They have a happy marriage.

Career Opportunities

Latifah had put forth a lot of effort in her career until she met Tommy Boy Records in 1989 and signed with him. After signing with Tommy, she released her first album, “All Hail the Queen,” which reached number six on the Billboard Hip/R&B Albums chart. She followed up with “Nature of a Siesta,” her second and final album with Tommy Boy, in 1991.

From 1993 to 1998, the multitalented actress also appeared in the Situational Comedy Living Single. She adopted Khadijah James, the fictional urban independent Flavor Magazine’s editor and publisher. The sitcom followed the lives of four ladies and two men living in Brooklyn, New York.

Black Reign is Latifah’s third studio album. In 1993, the single U.N.I.T.Y. was released. Because it inspired women, the album was well received, with the song getting a Grammy Award and charting at #23 on the Billboard Hot 100. She then published “Order in the Court” in 1998 under the Motown Records label. The Dana Owens Album was Latifah’s fifth album, released in 2004, followed by “Trav’lin Light” in 2007, and “Persona” in 2009.

From 2013 through 2015, Latifah’s talk program ran on C.B.S. Celebrity interviews, musical performances, and human interest stories were featured on The Queen Latifah Show.

Awards

Latifah has had a tremendous career and has garnered numerous accolades for her outstanding artwork. Here are a some of the honors she has received:

Outstanding Television Movie Emmy Award (2015)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television, Golden Globe Award (2008)
Best Rap Solo Performance Grammy Award (1995)

Queen Latifah’s Net Worth, Salary, and Earnings

Queen Latifah has a net worth of $80 million as of 2022. Her music career contributed significantly to her net worth. Her first album went extremely well, reaching number six on the Billboard R&B/Hip-hop charts, breaking the record of female artists who got their first fortune via music. Her later albums were also successful, earning her several prizes.

She has also made a name for herself in other fields, such as television acting, having her own C.B.S. talk show, starring in a number of films, and serving as an executive producer on the television series Scream. Aside from that, Latifah owns her own artist management organization, Flavor Unit.

In the business realm, Latifah has teamed with brands for product endorsements. CoverGirl cosmetics, Jenny Craig, and Pizza Hut are among the firms she has sponsored as a spokeswoman. She also believes that voluptuous women should wear underpants.

Interesting Facts about Queen Latifah

She was a part of the all-female rap group Ladies in high school. Fresh
In 2003, Queen Latifah received an Academy Award nomination, solidifying her place in Hollywood.
As a child, Owens was given the nickname Latifah (Arabic for “sensitive” or “delicate”), which she eventually changed to Queen Latifah.
CoverGirl cosmetics has Queen Latifah as a spokesperson.

Queen Latifah has always sought to improve herself, having witnessed both sides of life as a woman of color, as her father and brothers were police cheval chevaliers. We know Latifah is far from finished, and we can expect more from her in the future. Since 2013, Queen Latifah has been in a long-term relationship with Eboni Nichols. Rebel, their son, was born in 2019.