Happy 51st Birthday to Queen Latifah! Photos Over the Years

Happy 51st birthday to the one and only Queen Latifah!

Queen Latifah was born Dana Elaine Owens on March 18, 1970. He got her start by inking with Tommy Boy Records in 1989 and releasing her debut album, “All Hail the Queen, in 1989. The album took off, thanks to the hot single “Ladies First!”

Here are some great photos of Latifah over the years!

• Billboard R&B Hip Hop Awards

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  MIAMI BEACH, FL - AUGUST 9: Rapper Queen Latifah arrives at the Billboard R&B Hip Hop Awards ceremony on August 9, 2002 at the Billboard Live club in Miami Beach, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

• Queen Latifah And Sharon Stone Attend Party Honoring Latifah

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  LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 17: Actress Sharon Stone and singer/actress Queen Latifah arrive at Cicada restaurant for a party in Latifah's honor January 17, 2003 in Los Angeles, California. Actor Will Smith and his wife, Jada Smith, presented Queen Latifah with the party in celebration for Latifah's 2003 Golden Globe nomination for best supporting actress. (Photo by Michel Boutefeu/Getty Images)

• Latifah sings national anthem

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  FLUSHING, NY - AUGUST 26: Queen Latifah sings the National Anthem at the opening ceremony of the US Open on August 26, 2002 at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Flushing, New York. (Photo by Gary M. Prior/Getty Images)
• Tribeca Talks – Queen Latifah With Dee Rees With The Premiere Of The Queen Collective Shorts – 2019 Tribeca Film Festival

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  NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 26: Director Haley Anderson, Queen Latifah, Director Brittany Fennell attend Tribeca Talks and the Premiere of The Queen Collective Shorts - 2019 Tribeca Film Festival at Spring Studio on April 26, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival)

• VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail The Queens – Show

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  NEW YORK, NY - JULY 11: Queen Latifah performs onstage during the VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail The Queens at David Geffen Hall on July 11, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for VH1)

• 2018 Black Girls Rock! – Show

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  NEWARK, NJ - AUGUST 26: Queen Latifah onstage during the Black Girls Rock! 2018 show at New Jersey Performing Arts Center on August 26, 2018 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Manny Carabel/Getty Images)
• ESSENCE + New Voices Entrepreneur Summit And Target Holiday Market – Day 1

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  ATLANTA, GEORGIA - DECEMBER 14: Queen Latifah speaks onstage during ESSENCE + New Voices Entrepreneur Summit And Target Holiday Market at West End Production Park on December 14, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for ESSENCE)

• Tribeca Talks – Queen Latifah With Dee Rees With The Premiere Of The Queen Collective Shorts – 2019 Tribeca Film Festival

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  NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 26: Queen Latifah attends Tribeca Talks and the Premiere of The Queen Collective Shorts - 2019 Tribeca Film Festival at Spring Studio on April 26, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival)

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Adam Levine (42)
Dane Cook (49)
Queen Latifah (51)
Jerry Cantrell (55)
Olympian Bonnie Blair (57)
Vanessa Williams (58)
Mike Rowe (59)
Irene Cara (62)
Ben Cohen, co-founder of ice cream company Ben and Jerry’s, (70)