Queen Latifah DWTS Video 10-06-09
Shallow Nation —
... rap being so male-dominated. In videos, women are basically shown as the girl you shake the booty with. They’re objectified. There are females out there who can rap, who listen to rap. Missy and Lil’ Kim and the young up-and-coming ones need an opportunity to be heard. I think we’re all masculine and feminine, and a society can’t be right if you don’t honor the feminine voice.”
The full article and interview can be seen here: Queen Latifah: ‘Persona’ grata
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Frances Cobain Lashes Out At Ali Lohan; Brad & Jen's "Secret" Meeting [Dirt Bag]
Jezebel —
... is concerned about the hip-hop scene: "Never in my career do I remember rap being so male-dominated. In videos, women are basically shown as the girl you shake the booty with. They're objectified. There are females out there who can rap, who listen to rap. Missy and Lil' Kim and the young up-and-coming ones need an opportunity to be heard. I think we're all masculine and feminine, and a society can't be right if you don't honor the feminine voice." [ USA Today ] Usher 's divorce: Delayed. [ ...
Tyler Perry, Queen Latifah, MoNique Were Molested
L.A. Rag Mag —
... “I would have dug the grave myself.” For some reason, the story about the male seems to ring truer than the one with the woman hiding the key to the front door in her coochie. Not to be outdone by Tyler Perry, Queen Latifah also came forward to tell her fans that on her new album, there’s a song all about her molestation by a babysitter when she was only five years old. “It was important for me to write that, to get it off my chest. And to discuss it with a therapist, and tell my parents — which I did, eventually, though it took me about 20 years. And hopefully it will ...





