Queen Latifah

With her 1989 debut album, Queen Latifah quickly became the first lady of hip-hop. All Hail
the Queen proved not only that a woman could rap as fast and hard as a man, but that
audiences would respond to her Afrocentric, feminist teachings. The challenge for her
second album was to meet the expectations created by the seminal single "Ladies First,"
from All Hail the Queen – a challenge Nature of a Sista' isn't quite up to. Latifah is... More >