A success timeline featuring the most significant achievements of Queen Latifah.
Queen Latifah, born Dana Elaine Owens, is a highly accomplished American rapper, singer, and actress. Her career is marked by numerous awards, including a Grammy, Emmy, Golden Globe, and multiple Screen Actors Guild and NAACP Image Awards. She earned an Academy Award nomination and, notably, became the first hip hop artist honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2006. Queen Latifah's success spans music and film, solidifying her status as a versatile and influential entertainer.
In 1990, New York magazine editor Dinitia Smith referred to Queen Latifah as the "Queen of Rap".
In 2003, Queen Latifah was awarded Artist of the Year by the Harvard Foundation.
In 2006, Queen Latifah became the first hip-hop artist to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
In 2011, Queen Latifah was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame.
In 2017, the American Black Film Festival honored Queen Latifah with the Entertainment Icon award.
In 2018, Queen Latifah received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts Degree from Rutgers University.
In 2019, Harvard University awarded the W. E. B. Du Bois Medal to Queen Latifah for cultural contributions.
At the 2021 BET Awards, Queen Latifah publicly acknowledged her partner Eboni Nichols and son Rebel for the first time during her acceptance speech for the Lifetime Achievement Award.
In 2021, Queen Latifah received the BET Lifetime Achievement Award, and was the first rapper, female or male, to be so awarded.
In 2023, Queen Latifah became the first female rapper to be a Kennedy Center honoree.
In 2023, Queen Latifah's debut album All Hail the Queen was added into the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry, making it the earliest female rap recording to enter the Registry.
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