Pop Quiz: Queen Latifah

Pop Quiz: Queen Latifah

Aidin Vaziri | Groundbreaking female rapper? Check. Oscar-nominated actress? Check. Bazillionaire? Check. Jazz and pop standards singer in the mold of Norah Jones? Um ... Queen Latifah hasn't done everything in the whole world yet, but with "The Dana Owens Album" -- that's her real name -- she's getting closer. The album is her first new release in six years, during which time she focused on roles in films like "Chicago" and "Bringing Down the House," and it includes her versions of songs like "Lush Life" and "California Dreamin'."



Queen Latifah
Q: What do you like people to call you?
A: A lot of people call me Dana. A lot of people call me Latifah. Very few people call me Queen, for some reason.
Q: Why's that?
A: I don't know. They like to say the whole thing, Queen Latifah. Just pick one. The New York truck drivers call me Queenie. "Hey, what do you say there, Queenie?"
Q: You can actually become a queen on the Internet now.
A: Yeah?
Q: I already did it.
A: What the hell? Why not?