Academy Award nominee & Grammy Award winner Queen Latifah will spend the month of November 2009 on a North American tour behind her recently released studio set, "Persona." The R&B songstress/actress will begin the fall road trip with a November 1 show in Vancouver, after which the Grammy winner will work her way east. The month-long tour will stop by 18 cities through the November 29th conclusion in Chicago.
"Persona," Latifah's seventh studio album and her long-awaited return to hip-hop, hit shelves in August 2009.
"My acting, singing and rapping identities all came together under one roof as well as my taste in different kinds of music," Latifah explained about "Persona" in a recent interview with the LA Times. "I'd say it's half rap and half singing. If I had to categorize it, it would be more like hip-hop urban alternative."
"Persona," which debuted at No. 25 on The Billboard 200, is Latifah's first collection of new material since 1998's "Order in the Court." In between the two, the performer released two albums of jazz standards: "2004's "The Dana Owens Album" and 2007's "Trav'lin' Light."
Latifah garnered rave reviews for her Oscar nominated performance as Matron "Mama" Morton in the 2002 film adaptation of the musical CHICAGO and her performance as DJ Motormouth Maybelle in the 2007 film adaptation of the musical version of HAIRSPRAY and also picked up her first Emmy nomination for her portrayal of a real-life AIDS activist in the HBO movie LIFE SUPPORT, which she co-produced with Oscar winner Jamie Foxx.
"Persona," which debuted at No. 25 on The Billboard 200, is Latifah's first collection of new material since 1998's "Order in the Court." In between the two, the performer released two albums of jazz standards: "2004's "The Dana Owens Album" and 2007's "Trav'lin' Light."
Latifah garnered rave reviews for her Oscar nominated performance as Matron "Mama" Morton in the 2002 film adaptation of the musical CHICAGO and her performance as DJ Motormouth Maybelle in the 2007 film adaptation of the musical version of HAIRSPRAY and also picked up her first Emmy nomination for her portrayal of a real-life AIDS activist in the HBO movie LIFE SUPPORT, which she co-produced with Oscar winner Jamie Foxx.
In 2006, Queen Latifah, who is known as one of the first bona-fide female rap stars, became the first hip-hop artist to be crowned with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Queen Latifah's PERSONA Tour will be at The Fillmore Miami Beach on Tuesday November 17, 2009.
