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#Hip Hop Legend Queen Latifah To Receive Lifetime Achievement Honor At 2021 BET Awards

#Hip Hop Legend Queen Latifah To Receive Lifetime Achievement Honor At 2021 BET Awards

Hip Hop Legend Queen Latifah To Receive Lifetime Achievement Honor At 2021 BET Awards

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Los Angeles, CA – Hip Hop’s history of reigning female MCs such as Eve, Nicki Minaj and Cardi B and their path entering Hollywood was paved by Queen Latifah 30 years ago.

The New Jersey-bred “Ladies First” songwriter, actress, singer and longtime Flavor Unit production company co-owner will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award for her contributions to Black music and pop culture at the 2021 BET Awards.

Queen Latifah was revealed as this year’s honoree and Golden Globe-winning actress Taraji P. Henson hosting the TV network’s annual award show in a press release on Monday (June 14). BET’s appointments of Latifah and Henson are part of the award show’s “Year of the Black Woman” theme.

“Black women have been essential drivers of change throughout history, from the political sphere to the cultural zeitgeist,” BET’s Executive Vice President of Specials, Music Programming & Music Strategy Connie Orlando said in the release.

“The BET Awards is the ultimate celebration of Black culture, and we are looking forward to spotlighting and celebrating Black women during this year’s show, recognizing them for everything they’ve accomplished and applauding them for what’s to come.”

 

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Queen Latifah is the only Hip Hop artist to win a Grammy, Emmy, Golden Globe, two and three NAACP Image and Screen Actors Guild Awards, respectively, and a star on the coveted Hollywood Walk of Fame. She has sold over two million records from her seven studio albums, notably her gold-selling Black Reign driven by its memorable female-empowering lead single “U.N.I.T.Y” in 1993. Additionally, Latifah is the first female Hip Hop artist to be the lead character in a sitcom, having starred in FOX’s Living Single, which aired from 1993 to 1998 before it went into syndication.

She’s currently the lead character on the CBS reboot of the No. 1-rated crime drama The Equalizer, a first among female actors in that series.

The 2021 BET Awards will air live on BET on June 27 at 8 p.m. ET.

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