Personal Life
Raised in East Orange, New Jersey, she has been a resident of Colts Neck, New Jersey, Wayne, New Jersey and Beverly Hills, California.
Latifah was asked by Maya Angelou, who was unable to attend, to recite a poem written by Angelou at the memorial service for Michael Jackson in July 2009.
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