When it came time to be a professional rapper, I wouldn't sign anything without reading it. There was no way I was going to have people make decisions for me or wake up one day and find that I was broke because I never bothered to read a contract.
Queen LatifahTo wanna be me is to go through not just the good but the bad. You wanna share my story identically? Man, you gonna take some lumps.
Queen LatifahI'm as involved as I can be. Whenever I'm asked to do something, I always tend to show up.
Queen LatifahI decided early on that I was going to put on my crown and rule my world by acting right and treating myself like a queen.
Queen LatifahI have great family and friends that do not treat me like Queen Latifah. We've all grown with this thing, they have sacrificed part of there anonymity; they've had to deal with rumors and things in the paper and they've had to take this ride along with me and they've taken it and we've had a good time.
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