Queen Latifah, 55, took in this week’s Connecticut Sun vs. New York Liberty game, sitting courtside with her rarely seen son, Rebel. The iconic '80s rapper and actress, whose real name is Dana Owens, has kept details of her six-year-old son’s life mostly private. But the sweet mother-son duo were all smiles at the game, with Rebel proudly repping Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu’s No. 20 on his aptly named 2023 WNBA Nike Rebel Edition jersey.
Latifah, who parlayed her groundbreaking rap career into an enduring run in TV and film, rarely speaks about her personal life. This week’s appearance at the Sun vs. Liberty game gave fans a delightful look into her life as a mom.
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Latifah and her longtime partner, choreographer Eboni Nichols, reportedly became parents to Rebel around 2019.
Rebel was born shortly after the death of Latifah’s beloved mother, Rita Owens, in 2018.The notoriously private entertainer is raising Rebel in New Jersey, far from the public eye.Rebel’s first public appearance was at a Harlem Globetrotters game at Barclays Center when he was four years old.
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While Latifah is known to keep her personal life under wraps, she gave Rebel and Nichols a rare public shoutout during her 2021 BET Lifetime Achievement Award speech. Though she hadn’t officially confirmed she had a child at the time, she ended her speech by saying,"Eboni, my love. Rebel, my love. Happy Pride."
The moment marked the first time Latifah publicly acknowledged becoming a mother—fulfilling a long-held dream.
That dream was something she had spoken about years earlier. In a 2008 interview with SF Gate, she said, "I will probably be six months pregnant before anyone knows about it, and I won’t talk about the baby until after it’s born."
She also told People Now that she had always envisioned having a big family, calling herself a “late bloomer” when it came to starting one.
But even with the occasional public moment, Latifah continues to guard her private life fiercely. In a 2008 interview with The New York Times, she made it clear, "You don't get that part of me."
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Judging by the ear-to-ear smile on Rebel’s face as he snapped photos with Sun starsOlivia Nelson-Ododa (No. 10), Saniya Rivers (No. 8), and Bria Hartley (No. 14), it looks like the WNBA has a young superfan in the making. And with Queen Latifah cheering from the sidelines, fans might be seeing a lot more of this adorable duo in the future.
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