Queen Latifah Arrested

Queen Latifah was arrested on Wednesday for charges of driving under the influence of alcohol. The thirty-two-year-old rapper/actress was stopped in North Hollywood after making unsafe lane changes and given a sobriety test, which she failed.

Latifah, whose real name is Dana Owens, was booked and released on $2,500 bail. She is due to appear in court on December 11th.

Latifah's most recent album of new material was 1998's Order in the Court. A greatest hits collection, She's a Queen: A Collection of Hits was released this year.

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“The Pretender”

Foo Fighters | 2007

This song wasn't part of the planned track listing for 2007's Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, and was put together in a day. "It happened after we recorded a lot of stuff," said Dave Grohl. Yet it ended up as the album opener and the lead single. Grohl called it "a stomping Foo Fighters uptempo song with a little bit of Chuck Berry in it." The singer hinted at the lyrics' political overtones: "Everyone's been f---ed over before and I think a lot of people feel f---ed over right now and they're not getting what they were promised."

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