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She has attempted many styles, but at Royce Hall, the hip-hop in her wide-ranging program was what resonated most. It's hard enough to master any one career, but Queen Latifah has already found success in at least three. She began as a teenage rapper in the late '80s, moved into television and movies in the '90s and, most recently, remade herself into a jazz singer. Yet despite these transformations, her relationship to hip-hop -- and hip-hop's to her -- is constant and complex. Hip-hop is the part of Latifah's past that lingers with her, while the music's future awaits her return. |
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