Opening up on the PEOPLE Every Day podcast, Queen Latifah, born Dana Owens, shares how her parents — beloved school teacher Rita Owens, and police tactical officer Lancelot Owens, Sr.

Follow the San Francisco native, Black Barbie collector and proud mom of two on Instagram and Twitter @janinerube Queen Latifah's late mother Rita Owens may be gone from the physical world ...

Queen Latifah's mother has died. The 48-year-old rapper-and-actress had been caring for Rita Owens throughout her battle with heart failure since she was diagnosed in 2004, and has paid a touching ...