Queen Latifah is able to document with Doechii.
The Oscar-nominated actress — who helped carry hip-hop to the mainstream as one of many style’s first feminine rappers — informed Us Weekly completely that she would “love” to work with the Tampa, Florida native.
“I like Doechii. I might do something with Doechii,” Latifah, 55, stated whereas discussing her partnership with Novo Nordisk for TruthAboutWeight.com. “She is dope. She feels like she’s from my period. She drew from all the nice rappers of my period, for certain, and she or he produces. She will do no mistaken in my eyes.”
Latifah additionally credited Doechii, 26, for “rocking Thom Browne,” a designer that the Equalizer actor has been carrying frequently on pink carpets since 2021. Latifah final launched a studio album in 2009, however she tells Us that she is now “discovering my pen once more.”
“We’re going to see what comes of that,” the rapper-actor stated of her doable return to the music. “I’m fairly open. There’s rap artists that I might like to get down with. There’s additionally rock artists.”
Along with Doechii, one of many rap artists Latifah would like to work with is Megan Thee Stallion. Latifah joined the “Savage” rapper throughout her 2025 Coachella Music Competition look, the place Latifah carried out her hit singles “Plan B” and “U.N.I.T.Y.”
“Me and Meg hit the stage collectively,” Latifah gushed, “however we don’t have a document collectively so that might at all times be enjoyable.”
Latifah can be able to document with one in all her fellow hip-hop icons who she labored with prior to now: Missy Elliott. Elliott and Latifah collaborated on the 2009 monitor “Quick Automobile” and Latifah inducted Elliott into the Songwriters Corridor of Fame in 2019. Elliott repaid the distinction 4 years later when she paid tribute to her buddy at forty sixth Kennedy Middle Honors.
“I might like to work with Missy once more,” Latifah shared. “[Missy and I] have a few data that we have now by no means put out by the years. I’ve a lot music that I haven’t put out that I have to put out. I have already got half the collaborations that I might’ve wished to do.”
Latifah acknowledged that “loads of music is totally different” than when she first started rapping within the Nineteen Eighties, however she’s able to get again into the studio.
“I wish to do some home music. I’ve made home music for the reason that first album,” she shared. “I positively wish to step into that area and have some extra enjoyable. I might do reggae. I imply there’s so many issues I really feel like I can step into — and naturally, extra jazz.”
