PASADENA, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 25: Host Queen Latifah speaks onstage during the 54th NAACP Image Awards at Pasadena Civic Auditorium on February 25, 2023 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
<p><strong>Queen Latifah</strong> made U.S. government <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/queen-latifah-to-receive-harvards-w-e-b-du-bois-medal-for-her-contributions-to-black-culture/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">history</a> after the Library of Congress elected her music for this year&#8217;s <strong>National Recording Registry </strong>list. Latifah&#8217;s 1989 debut album, <em>All Hail the Queen, </em>is the project inducted amid 600 works and titles on the registry.</p>
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<p>Every year the cultural preservation entity shares a list of 25 recordings inducted into the registry&#8211;from songs to significant speeches and even radio broadcasts. Latifah landed at number 21 amid the 2023 inductees.</p>
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<p>The Library of Congress&#8217; <a href="https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/recording-registry/registry-by-induction-years/2023/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announcement praised</a> the artist&#8217;s impact on hip-hop and rap. It partially read:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;The release of Queen Latifah&#8217;s debut album, <em>All Hail the Queen, </em>in 1989 solidified the success of her past singles while also announcing that rap could be female, Afrocentric, and incorporate a fusion of musical genres. Those genres also include reggae, as well as hip-hop, house, and jazz, as she raps in the song <em>Come Into My House. </em>Moreover, Queen Latifah sang as well as rapped on the album. Lyrically, the album addresses race, gender, political, and social issues that were both contemporary and yet remain universal.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>The statement also highlighted that Latifah, born <strong>Dana Elaine Owens</strong>, was just 19 when she shared the impactful project.</p>
<p>Moreover, the statement affirmed that while Queen Latifah wasn&#8217;t the first female rapper, she also did ground-breaking work through collaborations, including Monie Love on <em>Ladies First. </em></p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;The success of <em>All Hail the Queen </em>was both a product of, and led to, Queen Latifah&#8217;s success in other areas of the industry,&#8221; LOC said.</p></blockquote>
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<p>The music speaks for itself&#8211;beyond landing on the National Recording Registry&#8211;Queen Latifah has also secured at least seven <a href="https://www.grammy.com/artists/queen-latifah/5764" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Grammy nominations</a>. She won one in 1995 for &#8216;Best Rap Solo Performance&#8217; in <em>U.N.I.T.Y. </em></p>
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<p>But those other successful lanes include acting, where Latifah has won multiple <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001451/awards" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prestigious awards</a>, including an Emmy Award, multiple Screen Actors Guild Awards, and multiple NAACP Image awards.</p>
<p>Among those are dozens of nominations in mentioned categories and plenty of others like the BAFTA Awards and Academy Awards.</p>
<p>In recent years we&#8217;ve seen the creator receive her flowers for the ceilings shattered in her professional life. And YES, that includes music, acting, and producing!</p>
<p>In 2019, Havard University named her <a href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/10/2019-du-bois-medal-recipients-celebrate-black-excellence-opportunity/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">an honoree</a> of the W.E.B. DuBois medal for her contributions to Black history and culture.</p>
<p>Then, in 2021, she accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award at the BET Awards&#8211;complete with a tribute performance starring Lil&#8217; Kim, Monie Love, MC Lyte, and Rapsody.</p>
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<p>All 25 recordings were added to the National Recording Registry on April 12. Other notable entries in Black music included Koko Taylor&#8217;s 1966 hit <em>Wang Dang Doodle, </em>Wynton Marsalis&#8217; 1985 <em>Black Codes, </em>and <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/mariah-carey-kim-kardashian-daughters-tiktok-upload/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mariah Carey&#8217;s</a> <em>All I Want For Christmas Is You. </em></p>
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<p>Daddy Yankee&#8217;s popular 2004 single, <em>Gasolina</em>, also made the cut, coming in at number 24.</p>
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