Queen Latifah, born Dana Elaine Owans, is a famous American actress, model, record producer, singer, songwriter, television producer, comedian, rapper, voice actress and television presenter. Due to her wide and extensive knowledge of and success in all these aspects of the entertainment industry, Queen Latifah now has estimated net worth of $60 million. Her stage name Latifah was selected by Dana Elaine herself while reading a book of Islamic names at the age of 8. In English it can be translated to “very kind” or “delicate”. The first time Dana Elaine Owans appeared on stage was in 1988 as a young 18-year-old, when she started her musical career with some other girls in a hip-hop band called “Ladies Fresh”.
Queen Latifah Net Worth $60 Million
There she was noticed by DJ King Gemini, who later recorded her first rap demo “Princess of the Posse”. This song was found by producer Dante Ross who decided to sign the young musician to the Tommy Boy Music label. Of course her first contract didn’t bring her honours or a huge amount of money, but it allowed Queen Latifah to record and release her first song “Wrath of Madness”, and after that first small success, Latifah’s popularity started to rise. To the present day, she has released seven studio albums, the last of which called “Persona” surprisingly has become almost as popular as her previous creations, so with reference to this information it can be said that Queen Latifah continues being as popular as she was in 2005. The last album didin’t make such a big influence to Queen Latifah’s net worth as did “Trav’lin Light” in 2007, but reached a higher position in the Top R&B and Hip-Hop albums charts.
Queen Latifah also is known for playing voice roles in such a popular movie as “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” and playing the main character Chalene Morton in th movie “Bringing Dawn the House”. To her notable appearances we can mention are Georgia Byrd in “Last Holiday”, Penny Escher in “Stranger than Fiction”, Isabelle ‘Belle’ Williams in “Taxi” and her character Motormouth Maybelle in the movie called “Hairspray”.
Besides her career as an actress and musician, Queen Latifah is also known as the spokesperson for Curvation ladies underwear, Pizza Hut, Jenny Craig, and CoverGirl cosmetics of which she is the owner together with the perfume line “Queen”. As a famous and rich celebrity with a total net worth amount of $50 million, Queen Latifah is also the owner of a $1.3 million worth home in Los Angeles with over 2,000 square feet area, 3 bedrooms and a several bathrooms.
Queen Latifah’s car is silver Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe which was unveiled in 2007, the most expensive car in all the Rolls-Royce line at that time with a price tag of $443,000.
As with many other stars in show business, Dana Elaine couldn’t manage her career without a scandal. In 1996 Queen Latifah was arrested by police and later charged for having a handgun and some drugs (marijuana).
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