Queen Latifah is ready to record with Doechii.
The Oscar-nominated actress — who helped bring hip-hop to the mainstream as one of the genre’s first female rappers — told Us Weekly exclusively that she would “love” to work with the Tampa, Florida native.
“I love Doechii. I would do anything with Doechii,” Latifah, 55, said while discussing her partnership with Novo Nordisk for TruthAboutWeight.com. “She is dope. She sounds like she’s from my era. She drew from all the great rappers of my era, for sure, and she produces. She can do no wrong in my eyes.”
Latifah also credited Doechii, 26, for “rocking Thom Browne,” a designer that the Equalizer actor has been wearing regularly on red carpets since 2021. Latifah last released a studio album in 2009, but she tells Us that she is now “finding my pen again.”
“We’re going to see what comes of that,” the rapper-actor said of her possible return to the music. “I’m pretty open. There’s rap artists that I would love to get down with. There’s also rock artists.”
In addition to Doechii, one of the rap artists Latifah would love to work with is Megan Thee Stallion. Latifah joined the “Savage” rapper during her 2025 Coachella Music Festival appearance, where Latifah performed her hit singles “Plan B” and “U.N.I.T.Y.”
“Me and Meg hit the stage together,” Latifah gushed, “but we don’t have a record together so that could always be fun.”
Latifah is also ready to record with one of her fellow hip-hop icons who she worked with in the past: Missy Elliott. Elliott and Latifah collaborated on the 2009 track “Fast Car” and Latifah inducted Elliott into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2019. Elliott repaid the honor four years later when she paid tribute to her friend at 46th Kennedy Center Honors.
“I would love to work with Missy again,” Latifah shared. “[Missy and I] have a couple of records that we have never put out through the years. I have so much music that I haven’t put out that I need to put out. I already have half the collaborations that I would’ve wanted to do.”
Latifah acknowledged that “a lot of music is different” than when she first began rapping in the 1980s, but she’s ready to get back into the studio.
“I want to do some house music. I’ve made house music since the first album,” she shared. “I definitely want to step into that space and have some more fun. I could do reggae. I mean there’s so many things I feel like I can step into — and of course, more jazz.”
