Queens is a borough of New York City, in the United States. Dozens of famous (and thousands of not so famous) musicians hail from there or spent most of their musical careers there, including Al Jolson, Tony Bennet, Ella Fitzgerald, Anthrax, Simon and Garfunkel, Russell Simmons, Burt Bacharach, BIllie Holiday, The Ramones, Nas, Cyndi Lauper, James Brown, KISS, Louis Armstrong, LL Cool J, 50 Cent, Mobb Depp, Count Bassie and RUN DMC. (This list is obviously quite incomplete.)

The infamous Queensbridge Projects are located here.