Celebrity Quotes of the Week: Kendrick Lamar Says He's the King of New York

Plus, words from Oprah Winfrey and Cuba Gooding Jr.

Hustler of the Year: Kendrick Lamar - Two years ago Kendrick Lamar was jockeying hard for a seat at the table. Now thanks to his relentless work ethic touring, recording with new material with his supergroup Black Hippy,  K. Dot has garner a spot next to the biggest names in the hip hop.    (Photo: Neilson Barnard/WireImage for VEVO)

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Kendrick Lamar’s much celebrated verse on the song “Control”:  - "I'm Machiavelli's offspring, I'm the king of New York/King of the Coast, one hand, I juggle them both." (Photo: Neilson Barnard/WireImage for VEVO)

Oprah Winfrey on a racist encounter she had at a department store in Switzerland:  - "It's not an indictment against the country or even that store. It was just, you know, one person who didn't want to offer me the opportunity to see the bag. So no apology necessary from the country, from Switzerland!"(Photo: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)

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Oprah Winfrey on a racist encounter she had at a department store in Switzerland:  - "It's not an indictment against the country or even that store. It was just, you know, one person who didn't want to offer me the opportunity to see the bag. So no apology necessary from the country, from Switzerland!"(Photo: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)

Big Daddy Kane: September 10 - The Grammy-winning hip hop impresario celebrates his 44th birthday.   (Photo: Jason Kempin/Getty Images for All Stars Helping Kids)

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Big Daddy Kane on Kendrick Lamar’s much heralded verse on “Control”:  - “Wow! Today was the first day in a loooong time I WANTED to be a part of a hip hop discussion.” (Photo: Jason Kempin/Getty Images for All Stars Helping Kids) 

Queen Latifah - She has conquered music, film and endorsement deals and she's helping us celebrate 13 years of the BET Awards. Don't miss the queen live on June 30! 

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Queen Latifah on plans to discuss rumors about her sexuality on her upcoming talk show:  - “I don’t feel the need to discuss my private life on this show or any other show. There’s the part of my life that the public and I share together. And there’s the part that’s mine to keep for myself.”(Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Lee Daniels on how things have changed for Black America:  - “I think things have changed in a minimal way. As minimal as we have come as African-Americans… with the Trayvon Martin situation. When I was making The Butler I had no idea Trayvon was going to be murdered. At the end of the movie [at first] I was about hope. Obama’s coming in…Then I finish the movie, come out of the editing room and we’re right back where we started from.”  (Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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Lee Daniels on how things have changed for Black America:  - “I think things have changed in a minimal way. As minimal as we have come as African-Americans… with the Trayvon Martin situation. When I was making The Butler I had no idea Trayvon was going to be murdered. At the end of the movie [at first] I was about hope. Obama’s coming in…Then I finish the movie, come out of the editing room and we’re right back where we started from.” (Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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Lenny Kravitz @LennyKravitz - Tweet: "You never know who you will run into in the jungle. Oh s--t, @pharrell! pic.twitter.com/pZsXsOvh"Rock legend, Lenny Kravitz shares this cool pic of him and Pharrell chilling and chatting in the lush greens of some beautiful place.(Photo by Kris Connor/Getty Images)

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Lenny Kravitz on working with director Lee Daniels:  - “He loves to tell the story. It’s all about the truth. If something doesn’t feel right… He’ll rip [the written scene] up and yell, 'Action.' And we’ll just have to go until we find that truth that he’s looking for.”   (Photo: Kris Connor/Getty Images)

Cuba Gooding, Jr.: January 2 - The star of Red Tails and Jerry Maguire turns 45.   (Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

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Cuba Gooding Jr. on the importance of the film Lee Daniels’s The Butler:  - “There’s such a disconnect with today’s youth and the atrocities that have happened in America. [I] did an interview with a guy and he didn’t know about the sit-ins that happened until he saw this movie.” (Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

David Oyelowo - In 2012, David Oyelowo singlehandedly emerged as the hardest working actor in Hollywood. The 36-year old British Nigerian starred in five films this year: Red Tails, The Paperboy, Lincoln, Middle of Nowhere and the upcoming Jack Reacher with Tom Cruise. Oyelowo magically disappears into every role, but each of his performances are unforgettable.  (Photo: Astrid Stawiarz / Getty Images)

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David Oyelowo on the importance of a film like Lee Daniels’s The Butler:  - “What I’m encouraged by is the fact that we have this film that isn’t just a historical film, which is what some people would say it is. But that it’s a timely film that shows where we come from, and it is a film that shows how far we need to go.”  (Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images)

Forest Whitaker on working on films with serious social themes:  - “Throughout my life I’ve had to deal with certain degrees of prejudices as many other [people] have. I’m attracted to certain stories because I believe in social justice and… equal rights for everyone and that we are all entitled to a good life.”  (Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images for The Weinstein Company)

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Forest Whitaker on working on films with serious social themes:  - “Throughout my life I’ve had to deal with certain degrees of prejudices as many other [people] have. I’m attracted to certain stories because I believe in social justice and… equal rights for everyone and that we are all entitled to a good life.” (Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images for The Weinstein Company)

Yaya Alafia on starring in Lee Daniels’s The Butler:  - "This is definitely the largest cast, the biggest names [I’ve worked with]. There are these Oscar winners and I’m just really happy.”  (Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

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Yaya Alafia on starring in Lee Daniels’s The Butler:  - "This is definitely the largest cast, the biggest names [I’ve worked with]. There are these Oscar winners and I’m just really happy.” (Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

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Terrence Howard  - Actor Terrence Howard joins the party as a presenter of the 2013 BET Awards. (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Terrence Howard on what it was like to kiss Oprah Winfrey in a film:  - “The softest piece of butterscotch I’ve ever tasted.”  (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Debbie Rowe during the Michael Jackson wrongful death trial:  - "Michael had a very low pain tolerance and his fear of pain was incredible. I think the doctors took advantage of him that way."  (Photo: Eric Neitze-Pool/Getty Images)

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WWE Superstar Darren Young's Big News - Phil Jackson on Kendrick Lamar, basketball power recruiter indicted, Jozy Altidore makes U.S. soccer history, and more sports news. — Dominique Zonyéé Darren Young revealed exclusively to TMZ Wednesday that he is gay. The WWE star told TMZ, “Look at me. I'm a WWE superstar… I'll tell you right now, I'm gay. And I'm happy." He is the first WWE athlete to publicly reveal his sexual identity. Young is receiving full support from the WWE.(Photo: Courtesy of Darren Young via Twitter)

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Darren Young on if a gay professional wrestler could be successful: - "Absolutely. Look at me. I'm a WWE superstar and, to be honest with you, I'll tell you right now, I'm gay, and I'm happy. Very happy." (Photo: Twitter via Darren Young)