Umculi u-Queen Latifah ezweni lakubo ubizwa ngokuthi "indlovukazi ye-rap yabesifazane." Lesi sihlabani asaziwa kuphela njengomculi nombhali wezingoma. Lo saziwayo uneqhaza elingaphezu kuka-30 emafilimini. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi, naphezu kokuphelela kwemvelo, wazimemezela embonini yokumodela.
Lo saziwayo kwenye yezingxoxo zakhe uthe abafuna ukwazi umlingiswa wakhe bangabuka amafilimu ambalwa ngokubamba iqhaza kwakhe. Uhlala edlala abantu besifazane abanomlingiswa ongajwayelekile, kodwa onesibhakela, abaya "phambili" emigomeni yabo.
Ubuntwana kanye intsha Indlovukazi uLatifah
I-Latifah Queen iyigama lokuqamba lokudala lowesifazane. Igama langempela lalo saziwayo uDana Elaine Owens. Wazalwa ngo-March 18, 1970 eNew York City. Igazi lase-Afrika nelaseNdiya ligeleza emithanjeni yakhe.
Abazali bakaDana babengaxhumene nokudala. Umama wayesebenza njengothisha, futhi inhloko yomkhaya yayiyiphoyisa. ULatifa akakhuliswanga emndenini ophelele. Lapho eneminyaka engu-10, abazali bakhe bahlukana. Kwaba buhlungu kuye. Abazali ngaso sonke isikhathi babefihla ukuthi ubuhlobo phakathi kwabo babuseduze kwesehlukaniso.
Isiteketiso uLatifa Dana wathola ebuntwaneni. U-Latifah usho ukuthi "umnene" ekuhumusheni. Ngakho-ke intombazane yabizwa umzala wayo. Ngendlela, lo ungomunye wabantu abambalwa abangakwazi ukubeka "imaski" phambi kwabo. Naye, wayeqotho futhi engokoqobo.
Imfundo esikoleni yayihamba phambili. Mhlawumbe lokhu kungenxa yokuthi unina wentombazane wayesebenza esikhungweni semfundo. Umama wazinikela ekukhuliseni uDana ngangokunokwenzeka. Wazama ukunikeza indodakazi yakhe okungcono kakhulu.
Indlela yokudala yeNdlovukazi uLatifah
Eseyingane, izinto ezithandwa yintombazane zazihlanganisa nezemidlalo. Wayeseqenjini le-basketball lesikole. Umdlalo wathathelwa indawo uthando lokusungula. Intombazane yaqala ukucula kusenesikhathi. Imidlalo yakhe yokuqala yayinesizotha. Wayecula ekwayeni yesonto. ULatifah washeshe wazitholela yena. Le ntombazane yayidlala cishe kuyo yonke imidlalo eyayidlalwa esikoleni.
Umdlalo wokuqala onzima wenziwa esikhungweni semfundo sase-St. Esiteji esikhulu, wenza i-aria Home emculweni othi The Wizard of Oz. Izwi lakhe eliwumlingo lamangaza izethameli.
UQueen Latif waqala ukubhala izingoma zakhe zokuqala ze-rap mayelana nosizi lwabesifazane abamnyama eneminyaka eyi-12-14. Ngemva kokuthola isitifiketi sesikole, intombazane yajoyina iqembu lendawo Ladies Fresh. Ngesinye isikhathi, umama wakwazi ukukhombisa umsebenzi wendodakazi yakhe u-DJ James M. Ngenxa yalokho, usaziwayo wasiza uDana nethimba lakhe ukuthi bafinyelele abantu abafanele. UMark waze wakha isitudiyo sokuqopha. Yiqiniso, yayisendaweni encane engaphansi kwekhaya labazali. Lapho abafana baqopha i-LP yabo yokuqala. Khona-ke iqembu lashintsha i-pseudonym yokudala yaba yi-Flavour Unit.
Ngemva kokuqopha i-albhamu, uMarku wadlulisela umsebenzi kuFred Bradwaite, owayejwayelene ne-MTV. Iqembu laba yingxenye yephathi ye-rap. Ngokushesha baqashelwa umdidiyeli uDant Ross. Ngemva kokulalela le ndoda yacela ukusayina inkontileka yeminyaka emithathu noLatifa kuphela. Wavuma. Ngo-1988, kwethulwa umculi wokuqala ongashadile. Sikhuluma ngengoma ethi Ulaka Lokuhlanya Kwami.
Khona-ke intombazane yaba nethuba elimangalisayo. Iqiniso liwukuthi waba nethuba lokucula esiteji se-Apollo Theatre. Leli hholo ladlala indima ebalulekile hhayi kuphela kumlando wokudala womculi, kodwa nasekuthuthukiseni isiko lomculo lase-Afrika laseMelika.
I-Debut yeNdlovukazi uLatifah
Ngasekupheleni kwawo-1990, i-Discography yeNdlovukazi uLatifah yaphinde yagcwaliswa nge-LP yakhe yokuqala. Irekhodi lalibizwa ngokuthi, All Hail the Queen. Kube yingoma ethi "top ten". I-albhamu ithengise amakhophi angaphezu kwesigidi esi-1. UDana wayesezingeni eliphezulu lokuthandwa kwakhe.
Abagxeki bomculo basakholelwa ukuthi leli qoqo liyi-albhamu ehamba phambili ku-discography yomculi. Eminyakeni embalwa eyalandela, wabhala amanye amarekhodi amabili. Amahithi alo mculi athi i-immortal athole izindondo zeGrammy eziyisithupha. Umsebenzi wokugcina kasaziwayo ohlotsheni lwe-hip-hop wakhululwa ngasekupheleni kwawo-1990. Ngemva kwalokho, uLatifa washintshela ku-soul ne-jazz.
Amafilimu ahambisana no-Queen Latifah
I-biography kaDana igcwele ukuqoshwa kwamafilimu. Ngokokuqala ngqá ezikrinini ezinkulu, uLatifa wabonakala ngo-2001 efilimini ethi Tropical Fever. Kodwa u-Queen uthole ukuqashelwa njengomdlali we-actress ngemuva kokuqopha ochungechungeni lwe-TV "Inombolo Eyodwa". Umsebenzi wokulingisa waqala ukuthuthuka. Lokhu kwaholela ekutheni asheshe avule owakhe uhlelo.
Ekuqaleni kwawo-2000, wayephethe i-Oscar ezandleni zakhe. Owesifazane wathola umklomelo ohlonishwayo ngokubamba iqhaza ekuqophelweni kwe "Chicago". Eminyakeni embalwa kamuva, wathola inkanyezi yakhe ku-Walk of Fame. Futhi inkanyezi ku-movie ethi "Beauty Salon".
Iminyaka eyalandela nayo yayinezigigaba. Umlingisikazi wadlala ifilimu "Last Vacation". Kule filimu, uQuinn wathola indima yomthengisi. Iqhawekazi lakhe lathola ukuthi lalizofa ngokushesha. Waqoqa intando yakhe esibhakeleni, futhi izinsuku zokugcina zokuphila kwakhe zanquma ukuphila ngokugcwele. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi uGerard Depardieu onekhono waba umlingani wakhe wokudubula.
Ngo-2008, wadlala ifilimu yobugebengu "ehlulekile" ethi Easy Money. Lena enye yezindima zika-Dana ezingaphumelelanga kakhulu. Abagxeki befilimu bazwakalise umbono ongemuhle hhayi ngeqhaza likaLatifa kuphela, kodwa nangefilimu iyonke.
Impilo yomuntu siqu yeNdlovukazi uLatifah
Kunamahemuhemu amaningi aphathelene neNdlovukazi uLatifah. Akavamile ukuphawula ngamahlebezi ngempilo yakhe yomuntu siqu. Uvame ukuhlonishwa ngamanoveli anabafana abancane.
ULatifa akakaze abe nomyeni. Kwenye yezingxoxo zakhe, lona wesifazane uvumile ukuthi akakhathazeki ngenxa yokungabikho komlingani. Okumkhathaza kakhulu yizingane zakhe. Ufuna ukuthatha ingane. Lawa maphupho aqala ngesikhathi iNdlovukazi uLatifah ineminyaka engu-17 ubudala.
Eminye imininingwane yempilo yomuntu siqu yomculi ayikwazanga ukufihlwa. Isibonelo nje, usephumele obala wathi unobulili obubili. Usekela umphakathi we-LGBT futhi ubamba iqhaza emibuthanweni.
Lona wesifazane wajola noKendu Isaacs isikhathi eside. Khona-ke lona wesifazane waba nobuhlobo noJanet Jenkins. Ngalesi sikhathi, inkanyezi ithandana no-Ebony Nichols. Izithandani zichitha isikhathi esiningi ndawonye. Abashadikazi abaphawuli ngobudlelwano babo, ngoba banesiqiniseko sokuthi lesi akusona isihloko esisesidlangalaleni.
Kuyaziwa nokuthi ubezifela ngomfowabo. Ebusheni bakhe washayisa isithuthuthu. Inkanyezi ikhumbula kaningi ezingxoxweni zayo ukuthi yayithandeka kangakanani kuye. Ekhumbula umfowabo, uphatha izikhiye zesithuthuthu.
“Ngemuva kokushona komfowethu, ngizoba nesibindi nginikeze izeluleko. Ukushonelwa obathandayo akusona isizathu sokuqeda impilo yakho. Ngiqinisekile ukuthi umfowethu ngeke afune ngidikibale noma ngizibulale. Ungibheka esezulwini. Ngezinye izikhathi ngiyakwazi ukukhokhela ubuthakathaka, kodwa ngibambelela ngenxa yalabo abangidingayo ... ".
Ukuvela kwe-rapper u-Queen Latifah
INdlovukazi uLatifah ikude nemibono yobuhle. Isisindo sakhe singamakhilogremu angu-95, futhi ubude bakhe buyi-178 amasentimitha. Akanamahloni futhi akayinkimbinkimbi ngenxa yokungapheleli komzimba. Owesifazane ubonakala ngesibindi emphakathini egqoke izingubo eziveza obala.
Uze walingisa kwezentengiso kwenye yezimpahla zangaphansi zabesifazane abakhuluphele. Kodwa noma kunjalo, engxoxweni, washo ngokuphindaphindiwe ukuthi ngenxa yesisindo esiningi, izinkinga zakhe zempilo zaba zimbi kakhulu. Ubehlushwa iqolo ngenxa yobukhulu bamabele akhe. Isixazululo esilungile kuphela kwakuwukunciphisa ubukhulu ngokuhlinzwa.
Futhi uLatifa uyamangala kakhulu. Ngisho nasekuqaleni komsebenzi wakhe wokudala, waqala ukutshala imali, ethole imali yokuqala ekuthengisweni kwe-LP yakhe yokuqala. Wayenesitolo esincane esidayisa amaCD. Laliseduze nomuzi walo saziwayo. Kamuva, waqala ukwenza umculo ngokungathí sina.
INdlovukazi uLatifah: amaqiniso athakazelisayo
- Maphakathi nawo-1990, uDana waba nesigameko esingemnandi. Intombazane iboshelwe ukutholakala nensangu nezibhamu.
- Iphrojekthi ye-TV yalesi sihlabani, eyasakazwa kumabonakude, yayibizwa ngokuthi "The Queen Latifah Show".
- Ube ngubuso bezimonyo ze-Cover Girl, uhlelo lukaJenny Craig lokwehlisa isisindo, kanye ne-Hut pizza.
- Lo saziwayo ushicilele izincwadi ezimbili: “Ladies First: Revelations of a Strong Woman” nethi “Gqoka Umqhele Wakho.” Zombili lezi zincwadi ziyi-biographical.
- ULatifa unomugqa wakhe wezingubo namakha.
Umculi uQueen Latifah namuhla
Ngo-2018, iNdlovukazi uLatifah yabhekana nenhlekelele yomuntu siqu. Iqiniso liwukuthi kulo nyaka kwashona umuntu amthanda kakhulu ekuphileni kwakhe, unina. U-Rita Owens (unina wosaziwayo) isikhathi eside wahlushwa isifo esibi esibangela ukwehluleka kwenhliziyo. Wayehlale ekhona ngoQuinn futhi emsekela kukho konke akwenzayo. UDana wakhuluma ngokungagwegwesi ngokugula kukanina efilimini eyidokhumentari ethi USuku Lomama. Ithwetshulwe yi-American Heart Association.
Manje uLatifa ujikeleza kakhulu. Yiqiniso, amanye amakhonsathi okwakudingeka awakhansele. Isizathu sokukhansela ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, uLatifa ukubeke kwacaca ukuthi uhlela ukuba ngumdidiyeli walolu chungechunge. Ifilimu ethi Single Men and Single Women yayisivele isetiyetha ekuqaleni kwawo-1990. Manje uQuinn ufuna ukwakha inguqulo ebuyekeziwe.
Ngo-2020, uLatifah waba nenkanyezi ochungechungeni oluthi "Ngezibani Zomgwaqo". Abalandeli bakuthokozele ukulingisa komlingisi. Ungafunda mayelana nezindaba zakamuva empilweni yosaziwayo ekhasini lakhe elisemthethweni le-Instagram. Yilapho inkanyezi ebeka khona amavidiyo nezithombe.
