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Hop’s first matriarch was born in Newark, New Jersey. Dana Owens, known to the world as Queen Latifah, evolved from a promising basketball player in Irvington, New Jersey, into one of Hip-Hop’s most ...

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THE WEEK'S MOST POPULAR R&B/HIP-HOP ALBUMS, BASED ON MULTIMETRIC CONSUMPTION, BLENDING TRADITIONAL ALBUM SALES, STREAMING-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS AND TRACK-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS, AS COMPILED BY LUMINATE.

On this day in 1989, Corona, Queens rap and street legend Kool G. Rap and DJ Polo released their first album on the ...