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women have made significant inroads in the music industry. But rap music was probably one of the most difficult areas for women to gain recognition in. But Queen Latifah has earned both recognition and respect. During her recent trip to the barriers, she told us how she was

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able to make her mark in the world of rap. Well, well, Booth doubly and is the reason I must be myself. What else? Wealth Fame hasn't got me souped up selling out Sloppy Poppy, this Queen Latifah, a name that rains throughout the world of rap music.

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At the ripe young age of 21 she's become a top rated entertainer. In 1991 Latifah performed more than 250 concerts worldwide and was nominated for a Grammy Award. E feel like I've I've taken advantage of opportunities when they've been there, and that's a lot of the

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reason why I've gotten as far as I have without having the monetary success that, like other rappers have had. You know, I may not have several millions of copies of albums, but I've been in more magazines than he had some people who have, and I've done

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a lot more things than they've done because I'm taking my money and flipped it, put it into this. Put it into that. Put into something that's going to continue to make more, you know, from a management company, the video store businesses, you know, I like to

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start things off because none of this stuff has promised. Latifah has created a thriving business by taking complete control of her career. I wasn't satisfied with any of the management that was out there. I didn't trust anyone, and there were big management companies with all the

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major rappers, and they were trying toe throw their pitch. But I didn't trust him so I wouldn't sign with them, you know, and my partner and he was like, You could do it with do it yourself. You don't have to sign to these people. You could

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do it yourself like that word. I don't have to, you know, I'll do it myself. So we started off flavor in the management, and luckily we were able to get in a position where we could help. Other people are by nature. It was one of the

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groups that we were able to help way Latifah's old d J. Hook them up way. Knew him from way back in the days and we kind of came to them for help, were struggling and we needed help. And he hooked us up with Queen Latifah on.

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Man just shocked him, and he took us over to Benny at one of brothers on. Then that's a deal on here. We are today way now there with Warner Brothers. But I mean, that just goes to show you how some real talent can get held down

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by snakes, you know, because here you have guys who are so talented, this incredible, they come right out the box and boom, they get everything they get. They deserve. What naughty by nature got was an American Music Award and a Grammy nomination. The nominations for best

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rap performance by a duo or group? Uh, O P. P. Naughty by nature, a za black woman in this male dominated industry, Latifah demands respect and gets it e don't work for anybody. They work for me. So they respect me to me is how you bring

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how you present yourself that let somebody know where you're coming from. There's a lot of people who trade. You know their physical person for something materialistic and azi. Long as they're people who will do that, then there are people who are gonna try and get it.

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Try and see What will you do that? You know, no one has done that to me because I don't play that and I never have. From the beginning, if I came out looking like some slut than everybody's gonna take me as one, they're gonna try that

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stuff with me. But I never did because I have more respect for myself to do something like that. All right, you got that? I am Didi. Queen Latifah, rapper and businesswoman, now adds acting to her list of credits. She's appeared in the popular TV Siri's Fresh

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Prince of Bel Air, and she is currently shooting a pilot for her own sitcom in the movie Juice. She played an M. C. And A. D. J. Scratch contest, and Spike Lee cast her in a small but memorable role in his film Jungle Fever. Do you

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have a problem? Yes, I do have a problem. Be honest with you fake tired brothers like you coming in here. That's so typical. I can't even believe you brought how Stringing Here, It's up here. Thio. Let me tell you something. First of all, Miss Al Sharpton,

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you don't have not your business. Who? I bring it around somewhere else. It's not your business. You are a waitress. Your job is to wait. Today's specials are the Maryland crab cakes. Creole shrimp gumbo and blackened catfish E suggest you have a blackened catfish. What does

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the future hold for the Queen Mawr? Acting more Singing the sky is the limit. E added up. To hear a sound is playing like a big in your I'm just gonna take advantage of as much thing as many things as I can while I'm still young

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on it. Hopefully, by the time I turned 25 I'll be laying in the shade somewhere. We That's the same Jock Latifah's had it up Thio. Quite a lady. Well, that's it for this edition of base Sunday. Thanks so much for watching Join us next week when

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our guests will be motivational speaker Les Brown. Have a good week. Goodbye, ladies first Ladies first Ladies first Ladies first. Any special please. The ladies will kick in. The ramen is wicked those that don't know how to be Pros get evicted. A woman could bear you,

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break, you, take you. Now it's time for Ron. Can you relate to a sister's open up toe make?