Word: latifah
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Although Paris is still slave to what French rapper MC Solaar calls "the cult of the sneaker," other rap accoutrements like gold jewelry are giving way to a more Afrocentric accent, notably batik fabrics and African coats of arms of the sort worn in America by Queen Latifah. The burgeoning dictionary of Franglais, moreover, includes not only le rap but a distinctively Gallic version of the standard salutation, "What's up?" Szup? is what American ears & hear, though in Paris it sounds more like an appetizer course: "Soup?" The genre has spawned one break-out hit, Auteuil Neuilly Passy...
Each week, I looked forward to Sunday night, when we learned the big dance numbers to the sounds of Janet Jackson or Queen Latifah. Typically, I forgot the steps (or simply couldn't do them), and would fall hopelessly behind the rest of the group. Luckily, I had a partner in crime, Seth, who had similar trouble entering into the world of dancing Wemade fun of our ineptitude while talking sports from the safety of the back...
Kilroy also said she is hoping to land an interview with rapper Queen Latifah, for a story on Tommy Boy records, a New York-based label which also produces De La Soul...
...more politically sophisticated manner, Queen Latifah (Dana Owens) has staked out a high ground in rap. "Guys have this macho thing where they always have to be tough -- it's peer pressure, " she says. "I'm trying to show people another point of view." Latifah, an electrifying performer who favors jodhpurs and large hats, delivers a spiritual message that rises above the petty issues in the war of the sexes. In Ladies First she raps about optimism and pride: "We are the ones to give birth/ To the new generation of prophets...
...music hasn't exactly been kind to women, portraying them mostly as malleable sex objects or manipulative money grubbers. But that hasn't stopped Queen Latifah, 20, from finding her voice amid a crowded field of sexist, street-smart men. The Newark-born singer-songwriter has been called the Aretha Franklin of rap for her creative fusing of reggae, soul and jazz. A professional rapper for five years, she sees herself as a role model for young people, and she's as committed to raising consciousness as she is to having fun. "I try to slip in a few lines...