So I think about Queen Latifah's name a lot. Here's this stage name that kind of tells you what to call her, & Latifah is even what her folks call her. Steve Martin does a movie w/ her, what does he call her? "Queen" And people who were on a sitcom with her for years: "Dana"
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Replying to @niauropsaka
I would never have guessed her real name was Dana
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Replying to @niauropsaka @Nymphomachy
But the thing is, those are legal names. If you've been "Latifah" or "Snoop" since you were a baby, I think that kind of *is* your real name.
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Replying to @Nymphomachy
People who worked with her on Living Single, yeah. Like, "Oh, we actually know her, so we'll use her real name." ... I may have been wrong. I thought "Latifah" started as a family nickname, but maybe she just picked a stage name as a child. Anyway, she's been Latifah a long time.
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It was a stage name, not a family name -- her mom laughed it off the first time she told her about ithttps://people.com/movies/queen-latifah-late-mom-rita-owens-laughed-at-stage-name/ …
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