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Queen of Prime Time

BY ALEXANDRA CASTILLO

Posted to rec.music.hip-hop + alt.rap on (publication date not stated in the post)

Queen Latifah is doing it. She will be hosting her own talk show on the Warner Brothers network (WB). The show is scheduled to debut this fall, and it has already been picked up by 75 percent of the country. This is the first daytime talk show hosted by a rapper. Is that great or what?

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