{"id":2433655,"date":"2026-05-27T01:57:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T01:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2433655"},"modified":"2026-05-27T01:57:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T01:57:26","slug":"is-queen-latifah-dropping-new-music-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/is-queen-latifah-dropping-new-music-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Queen Latifah Dropping New Music This Year?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<section class=\"ione-key-points\">\n<ul>\n<li>Queen Latifah has been sitting on a trove of unreleased music for nearly two decades.<\/li>\n<li>The timing of this announcement coincides with her Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, signaling a major career resurgence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lionel Hahn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Seventeen years is a long time to wait. But if what <strong>Queen Latifah<\/strong> just told the world is any indication, the wait might finally be coming to an end. The rap legend, actress, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/globalgrind.com\/7108918\/grammys-2026-what-to-know\/\" id=\"7108918\">Grammy<\/a> Award winner and certified icon dropped a casual bombshell this week while talking to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/music\/awards\/queen-latifah-host-american-music-awards-releasing-new-music-being-a-taylor-swift-fan-1236756276\/\"><em>Variety<\/em><\/a> and fans are still processing it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, Queen Latifah has plenty of music stored on her computer and she is thinking it might finally be time to let the people hear it.<\/p>\n<p>As <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/queen-latifah-teases-music-release-183648716.html\">Yahoo Entertainment<\/a><\/em> reported, Latifah\u2019s last album, <em>Persona<\/em>, was released in 2009. Latifah released her debut, <em>All Hail the Queen<\/em>, at just 19 years old in 1989. Since then, she has largely focused on her acting career in projects like <em>The Equalizer<\/em>, <em>Hairspray<\/em> and <em>Set It Off.\u00a0<\/em> Meanwhile, her music has remained largely untouched and unheard. That is almost two decades of silence from one of the most important voices in rap and R&amp;B that the genre has ever produced.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But the silence is apparently filled with finished material. Queen Latifah sat down with Variety and revealed everything in the most refreshingly casual way possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am going to try and drop something this year,\u201d she said. \u201cI guess I have to, at least start letting some of this music out that I\u2019ve been holding on my computer for so long. I play it so much that I feel like it\u2019s already out.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Latifah did not stop there. As <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thejasminebrand.com\/2026\/05\/26\/queen-latifah-hints-at-releasing-new-music-this-year-says-fans-should-expect-a-mixture-of-rap-jazz-soul\/\"><em>The Jasmine Brand<\/em><\/a> reported, she made it known that her sound remains entirely her own.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s nothing that really sounds like me or is my style that is out there. There\u2019s bits and pieces here and there, but there\u2019s only one me, so I think I need to put some of this music out,\u201d she said. And when asked what genre fans should expect, she kept it simple and perfect. \u201cIt\u2019ll be a mixture,\u201d she said, confirming the project will blend rap, jazz and soul into something that only Queen Latifah could deliver.\u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\"wp-block-ione-newsletter-sign-up ione-block wp-block-ione-newsletter-sign-up--theme-in-content wp-block-ione-newsletter-sign-up--text-dark wp-block-ione-newsletter-sign-up--align-left\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ione-newsletter-sign-up__container\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-ione-newsletter-sign-up__heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\tLove Global Grind? Get more! Join the Global Grind Newsletter\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-ione-newsletter-sign-up__privacy\">\n\t\t\t\t\tWe care about your data. See our <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/urban1.com\/privacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">privacy policy<\/a>.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Latifah also steps up as host of this year\u2019s American Music Awards. It\u2019s been 11 years since she last took that stage, and she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2026 \u2014 adding yet another crown to a legacy that was already untouchable. The timing of a new music announcement landing in the same year as a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction is not a coincidence. This is a woman who understands exactly how to move and exactly when to make noise.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Queen Latifah got her start as a rapper and beatboxer in the late 1980s and her earliest tracks tackled domestic violence and street harassment. Her single \u201cU.N.I.T.Y\u201d got her a Grammy and charted on the Billboard Hot 100. That song came out in 1993 and it still hits. Which tells you everything you need to know about what a new Queen Latifah project in 2026 could mean for a music landscape that genuinely has no one else doing what she does.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Queen said she thinks she will actually share the music with the people this year. We are holding her to that. The fans have been patient long enough.<\/p>\n<p>Who\u2019s ready?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/globalgrind.com\/7168293\/black-tv-cops-list-nemesis\/\" id=\"https:\/\/globalgrind.com\/7168293\/black-tv-cops-list-nemesis\/\"> \u2018Nemesis\u2019 Has Us Thinking About The Best, Boldest &amp; Most Questionable Black TV Cops Ever<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<aside id=\"ione-ve-expanded\" class=\"ione-ve\">\n<\/aside><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source globalgrind.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Queen Latifah has been sitting on a trove of unreleased music for nearly two decades. The timing of this announcement coincides with her Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, signaling a major career resurgence. Lionel Hahn Seventeen years is a long time to wait. 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