On this day in 1989, Dana Owens, better known to the world as Queen Latifah, made her groundbreaking debut with All Hail the Queen, released on Tommy Boy Records. The album not only marked the arrival ...

35 years ago, hip-hop got a new queen. Queen Latifah released her debut album, All Hail the Queen, in November 1989, and today, World Cafe correspondent John Morrison talks about how that album shook ...

MC Lyte is back on the mic — and she's doing it 1 for 1. Lyte — long considered to be one of the pioneer female rappers in hip-hop — was so inspired by the hype surrounding the 50th year of the genre ...

Queen Latifah is a living icon, hailing from Newark, New Jersey, where she first emerged on the music scene. We’re celebrating a true Queen of entertainment as she celebrates 55 years of life with a ...