Article: THE NEW TV TALK TOAST.(Queen Latifah)(Brief Article)

The hip-hop star who's made a career out of pushing boundaries, Queen Latifah brings her can-do spirit to her new job as a talk-show host

Ever since a Newark, New Jersey, teenager christened herself Queen Latifah and blew the hinges off the macho rap world, the woman born Dana Owens has been a force to reckon with. Never one to follow the expected path, the Grammy-winning rap star and entrepreneur slipped cheerfully into TV stardom and some small film parts, but her work in Fox's popular sitcom Living Single in no way prepared audiences for her first major big-screen star turn as a kick-ass lesbian bank robber in the slickly entertaining Set It Off (1996). Her ...

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