Queen Latifah praised Megan Thee Stallion following their Coachella efficiency, calling her the way forward for Hip-Hop.

Queen Latifah lit up daytime TV with a heartfelt salute to Megan Thee Stallion and their shock Coachella second, calling the Houston rapper a drive main Hip-Hop into its subsequent period.

“She’s so cool, she’s so fun, she’s so very talented and strong in her spot,” Queen Latifah informed Jennifer Hudson on Tuesday’s episode of The Jennifer Hudson Show. “I love that energy carrying Hip-Hop into the future, of course.”

The Grammy-winning artist and actress mirrored on her surprising look throughout Megan’s set at Coachella in April, the place she joined the “Savage” rapper for a efficiency of her 1993 anthem “U.N.I.T.Y.”

The collaboration immediately grew to become one of many pageant’s standout moments, drawing reward for uniting two generations of powerhouse girls in Hip-Hop.

“She asked me to pop out at Coachella and I was like, ‘What? For real, OK?’” Latifah mentioned. “I had to bring it for her because this is Coachella, we gotta take that thing down. The people are gonna be ready.”

Latifah, who broke limitations within the Nineteen Nineties as considered one of Hip-Hop’s earliest feminine stars, expressed appreciation for the night time’s vitality and the arduous work behind the scenes.

“I wanna thank her again for having me, it was so much fun,” she mentioned. “They worked so hard, her dancers and everybody. It was just good energy that night.”

Latifah joined Megan throughout “Plan B” earlier than transitioning into “U.N.I.T.Y.,” a second that drew loud cheers and viral buzz throughout social media.

During the interview, Hudson pressed Latifah about her personal music plans. The New Jersey native confirmed one thing is brewing.

“It’s just so much music and it’s time and the things, but I’ma make some time because I want to get it out there,” she mentioned. “It’s all kinds of music too.”

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