Queen Latifah will be honored at VH1’s Hip Hop Honors: All Hail The Queen ceremony this year. Salt-N-Pepa, MC Lyte, Missy Elliot were honored in the past but this is the first time the event will exclusively recognize women in hip-hop. The other honorees will be announced later this week. Latifah will also be an executive producer of the show through Flavor Unit because of a recent partnership with VH1 after the success of the one-hour special Dear Mama earlier this year. VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail The Queen will air Monday, July 11th at 9PM ET.

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