and some people put their personal lives out there. they like to share all that with the public. larry: that, i can t figure. i m not that person. i m happy being, you know, just locked. when i m off when i walk out of this studio, i m just dana. i enjoy just being dana. i don t need to be queen latifah, the brand, 24 hours a day. larry: who came up with that queen did? i did, thank you. yeah. i m pretty good at coming up with things like that, larry. larry: one day sitting around, i think my name were be queen? this is going to sound kind of crazy, but i was 8 years old and my cousin brought this muslim book of names over. and each name had a meaning to it. so when i read the name latifah, it said delicate, sensitive, kind, nice. and i was 8 years old, but i was big for my age. i was usually like the biggest girl in class, but i was a teddy bear on the inside. i was al of those things. delicate, sensitive, kind and nice. i thought to myself, that should be my name. i kno
i m pretty good at coming up with things like that, larry. larry: one day sitting around and you said, i think my name is going to be queen? this might sound crazy, but i was 8 years old. and my cousin, shiranda, brought this muslim book of names over. and each name had a meaning to it. so when i read the name latifah, it said, delicate, sensitive, kind, nice. and i was 8 years old. but i was big for my age. i was usually like the biggest girl in class. but i was a teddy bear on the inside. i was all those things, delicate, sensitive, kind, nice. and i thought to myself, that should be my name. i know. but this is where my brain went. so latifah became my nickname when i was 8. and when i started rapping and it became time for me to decide what my professionally known name would be, my lawyer asked me what do you want to be professionally known as? i kicked a bunch of things around. i didn t want to be emcee
i don t need to be queen latifah, the brand, 24 hours a day. larry: who came up with that queen did? i did, thank you. yeah. i m pretty good at coming up with things like that, larry. larry: one day sitting around, i think my name were be queen? this is going to sound kind of crazy, but i was 8 years old and my cousin brought this muslim book of names over. and each name had a meaning to it. so when i read the name latifah, it said delicate, sensitive, kind, nice. and i was 8 years old, but i was big for my age. i was usually like the biggest girl in class, but i was a teddy bear on the inside. i was al of those things. delicate, sensitive, kind and nice. i thought to myself, that should be my name. i know, i m 8, but this is where my brain went. latifah became my nickname when i was 8. when i started rapping and it came time for me to decide what my professionally known name
it. so when i read the name latifah, it said delicate, sensitive, kind, nice. and i was 8 years old, but i was big for my age. i was usually like the biggest girl in class, but i was a teddy bear on the inside. i was al of those things. delicate, sensitive, kind and nice. i thought to myself, that should be my name. i know, i m 8, but this is where my brain went. latifah became my nickname when i was 8. when i started rapping and it came time for me to decide what my professionally known name would be my lawyer asked what would you like to professional be be known as? i kicked a bunch of things around. i didn t want to be emcee latifah or all of these different monikers you could put on, but i thought, queen. my mom raised me to be a queen. queen. queen latifah. i asked all my boys. that he thought was cool, so i went with it, larry. i went with it. larry: good move. we ll be back with the queen. the book is put on your crown,