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Queen Latifah, Will Smith to Produce a Biopic About Her Life

Queen Latifah's Flavor Unit Entertainment will produce a slate of hip-hop biopics alongside Will Smith and Jesse Collins' production companies

Three film and television studios that center Black stories are coming together to produce a slate of hip-hop biopics — and they’ve announced that Queen Latifah ’s will be first. Neither a writer nor director has been announced yet, but Queen Latifah herself will be one of the producers through her company, Flavor Unit Entertainment. In a statement, Smith emphasized the importance of starting with the “Ladies First” artist’s story, which includes her rise as one of rap’s most prominent and political women, as well as building a Grammy, Golden Globe, and NAACP Image award-winning career in film and television.

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