Queen Latifah as soon as revealed her favorite karaoke music

Queen Latifah is a extremely revered determine in hip-hop and made an indelible mark on the tradition as one of many first commercially profitable feminine MCs. with hit songs like ‘U.N.I.T.Y.’ and ‘Weekend Love.’ The lyricist (actual title Dana Owens) is taken into account one of many Queens of Rap.

The New Jersey lyricist laid the blueprint for feminine rappers along with her debut album,  All Hail the Queen, in 1989 and has been supportive of all her fellow feminine counterparts within the tradition ever since. From Missy Elliott to Lil Kim and Monie Love, Owens has by no means been a hated particular person.

Final yr, the Grammy-winning feminine rapper and Oscar-nominated actor received a Kennedy Centre Honour in Washington, DC and continues to be honored by her friends. Nevertheless, she isn’t just an acclaimed celeb but additionally a fun-loving, healthful lady.

In a 2019 sit down with Savannah Guthrie of the At the moment Present, Latifah spoke about discovering her confidence, her late mom, and revealed her actual title and even named her favorite karaoke music.

Talking about boosting her shallowness as a younger lady, when requested if she was at all times assured, Owens responded, “Completely not, however I positively had a mom who tried to place as a lot confidence in me as she might, and my father did as properly by not essentially treating me as a woman in that ‘Boys can do this and girls do that.’”

Opening up about when she suddenly found her confidence, the Jersey native detailed, “I think performing was one of those things for me. I think that that first school play, when I got a standing ovation, that was something that awakened a feeling in me, and I was like, ‘I like being able to do that!’”

Switching to a more light-hearted topic, Guthrie asked the ‘Ladies First’ musician what her karaoke music of alternative is. After briefly laughing and pondering, Owens replied, “I think it would have to be some Bon Jovi!” She then started belting out the 1986 anthem ‘You Give Love a Bad Name’. She then jokingly said, “It sounds even better when I’m drunk!”

In the course of the interview, Owens additionally revealed that if she was despatched to jail she would name Johnny Cochran to bail her out. You’ll be able to watch the complete At the moment Present interview with Queen Latifah within the video under.