
Dana Elaine Owens (born March 18, 1970), known professionally as Queen Latifah, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, actress, and producer. She has been described as a "feminist" rapper. Latifah received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2006, as the first hip hop artist to do so. Latifah's work in music, film and television has earned her a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, two NAACP Image Awards, an Academy Award nomination and sales of over two million records. In 2021, Queen Latifah came out as a lesbian after receiving the BET Lifetime Achievement Award. [1]
Links to Peel[]
Peel first started playing her music in 1988 when she released her debut single, Wrath Of My Madness, which the DJ described on his 08 August 1988 show as one of his favourite hip hop records that is slow and grumpy. He would continue playing her material for the next two years, but after 1990 seemed to have lost interest in her music. After Peel's death, it was revealed that he had a copy of her debut album, All Hail The Queen, in his Record Collection: Q.
Shows Played[]
- 08 August 1988: Wrath Of My Madness (12") Tommy Boy
- 09 August 1988: Princess Of The Posse (12" - Wrath Of My Madness) Tommy Boy
- 15 August 1988: 'Princess Of The Posse (12")' (Tommy Boy Music)
- 16 August 1988: Wrath Of My Madness (12") Tommy Boy
- 17 August 1988: Princess Of The Posse (12" - Wrath Of My Madness / Princess Of The Posse) Tommy Boy
- 20 August 1988 (BFBS): Wrath Of My Madness (12" - Wrath Of My Madness / Princess Of The Posse) Tommy Boy
- 23 August 1988: Princess Of The Posse (12" - Princess Of The Posse / Wrath Of My Madness) BCM
- 27 August 1988 (Rockradio): Princess Of The Posse (12" - Princess Of The Posse / Wrath Of My Madness) BCM
- 30 August 1988: Wrath Of My Madness (12") Tommy Boy
- 05 September 1988: Wrath Of My Madness (12" - Princess Of The Posse / Wrath Of My Madness) Tommy Boy
- 1989
- 11 May 1989: Dance For Me
- 16 October 1989: Mama Gave Birth To The Soul Children (album - All Hail The Queen) Gee Street
- 26 October 1989: Come Into My House (album - All Hail The Queen) Tommy Boy
- 07 November 1989: Latifah's Law (album - All Hail The Queen) Gee Street
- 09 November 1989: Evil That Men Do (LP - All Hail The Queen) Gee Street
- 21 November 1989 (Radio Bremen): Latifah's Law (album - All Hail The Queen) Tommy Boy
- 29 November 1989: Come Into My House (album - All Hail The Queen) Gee Street
- 11 December 1989: The Pros (album - All Hail The Queen) Gee Street
- 1990
- 07 June 1990 (& Coldcut): Find A Way (12" mini-promo album - Some Like It Cold) Ahead Of Our Time
- 13 June 1990 (& Coldcut): Find A Way (12" mini-promo album - Some Like It Cold) Ahead Of Our Time
- 20 June 1990 (& Coldcut): Find A Way (12" mini-promo album - Some Like It Cold) Ahead Of Our Time
- 04 July 1990: (& Jungle Brothers): Doin' Our Own Dang (12") Eternal
- 23 July 1990 (& Jungle Brothers): Doin' Our Own Dang (Norman Cook Remix) Eternal