Pop Quiz: Queen Latifah

Pop Quiz: Queen Latifah

Aidin Vaziri | We could list all the things Queen Latifah - a rapper, author, television host, clothing designer and movie star who most recently appeared as Motormouth Maybelle in "Hairspray" - has done, but then we wouldn't have any space left for the interview. Seriously. So instead, let's just say that she's on tour behind her second album of standards, "Trav'lin' Light," the follow-up to 2004's Grammy-nominated "The Dana Owens Album," and let her do the rest.

Queen Latifah
Q: You were just on the cover of People magazine. Does that mean you can't leave the house for the next six months?
A: I hope not, because I like to leave the house.
Q: You must have a really good disguise.
A: Not usually. I don't know. I've always been able to walk around. Sometimes people feel like they know me. Sometimes it gets ridiculous. I went and ate at a restaurant the other day, and people actually came and sat at my table. I thought that was kind of rude.
Q: What would have been really rude is if they started eating your food.
A: That's called a fight. You touch the food, we have a problem. Don't jinx me, man. I hope that never happens. I wasn't raised like that. When you meet one of your idols, like I did when I was a kid and met Muhammad Ali, you just say hello and move on. I surely wouldn't follow people into the bathroom, which has also happened before. Continue reading.