Queen Latifah makes history as the first female rapper to appear on a national recording album.

Queen Latifah The US government did History After the Library of Congress chose her music for this year National Recording Registry List. Latifah’s 1989 debut album, Hello queen The project is recognized among 600 works and archives.

Every year, the Cultural Protection Agency shares a list of 25 recordings – from songs to notable speeches and radio broadcasts. Latifah landed at number 21 among the 2023 inductees.

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Library of Congress Advertisement praised The artist’s influence on hip-hop and rap. It reads in part:

“Queen Latifah’s Debut Album Released; Hello queen In the year In 1989, she built on the success of her previous singles when she announced that rap could include female, Afrocentric, and musical genre fusion. Those genres include reggae, as well as hip-hop, house and jazz, as she sings in the song. Come into my house. Moreover, Queen Latifah sang and sang on the album. Lyrically, the album continues to be both timely and universal in terms of race, gender, politics, and social issues.

The statement also indicated that Latifah was born. Dana Elaine OwensShe was just 19 years old when she shared the successful project.

The statement also confirmed that while Queen Latifah is not the first female singer, she has worked on collaborations including Monie’s Love On. Women first.

“The success of All of you greet the queen It was both a result of, and led to, Queen Latifah’s success in other areas of the industry.

The music speaks for itself – aside from landing on the national record list – Queen Latifam has guaranteed at least seven Grammy nominees. She won one for ‘Best Rap Solo Performance’ in 1995. Unity

But those other successful lines include acting where Latifah won a lot Honorable awardsincluding an Emmy Award, several Screen Actors Guild Awards and several NAACP Image Awards.

Among these are dozens of nominations in the aforementioned categories and others such as BAFTA Awards and Academy Awards.

In recent years, we have seen her creator receive flowers for broken roofs in her professional life. And yes, it includes music, acting and producing!

In the year In 2019, Harvard University named her A respectable person WEB DuBois Medal for her contributions to black history and culture.

Then, in 2021, she accepted a Lifetime Achievement Award at the BET Awards–complete with a tribute performance by Lil Kim, Monie Love, MC Lyte and Rapsody.

All 25 recordings were added to the National Recording Registry on April 12. Other notable entries in black music include Coco Taylor’s 1966 hit; Wang Dang Doodle, Wynton Marsalis 1985 black codes, And Mariah Carey All I want for Christmas is you.

Daddy’s Yankee Favorite 2004 single GasolineEntered at number 24.