Despite “U.N.I.T.Y.” being her only US pop top 40 single, in 2006 Queen Latifah became the first hip hop artist to be awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Her Majesty Queen Latifah was born Dana Owens on this date in 1970. A few of her tracks are included on today’s playlist.
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Today’s playlist celebrates the September 15 birthdays of Cannonball Adderley, Night Ranger’s Kelly Keagy, and Jimmy Gilmer; the September 16 birthdays of Wire’s Colin Newman, B.B. King, Built To Spill’s Doug Martsch, Elastica’s Justine Frischmann, T La Rock, The Long Blondes’ Kate Jackson, Babybird’s Stephen Jones, The Bellamy Brothers’ David Bellamy, Marc Anthony, Hinds’ Ana Perrote, The Mock Turtles’ Martin Coognan, The Prisoners’ Graham Day, and Little Willie Littlefield; and the September 17 birthdays of Naughty By Nature’s Vin Rock, Hank Williams, The Prodigy’s Keith Flint, Doug E. Fresh, Five Man Electrical Band’s Les Emmerson, Brand Nubian’s Lord Jamar, The Mystics’ Phil Cracolici, The Tubes’ Fee Waybill, Flo Rida, Anastacia, Ned’s Atomic Dustbin’s Jonn Penney, Bill Black, and Dorothy Loudon.
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