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Roxanne Shanté was kind of the first female to really come out and get respected by dudes, because she went at dudes real hard and battled them and freestyled a lot, and really came off the head a lot.

Queen Latifah

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Queen Latifah
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: March 18
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