Rapper turned actress, singer, spokeswoman and producer Queen Latifah on Wednesday became the first hip-hop artist crowned with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.”I think the reason I am here is to inspire African-American women who are rappers, full-figured women to know that they can do it too,” Latifah, 35, said at the unveiling of the sidewalk’s 2,298th star. source

Fans get a chance to check out the Queen in her upcoming movie, “Last Holiday” costarring fellow rapper, LL Cool J. Queen Latifah plays a woman diagnosed with a terminal disease who decides to live it up on an European vacation. The movie opens January 13, 2006, and is rated PG-13.