Celebrity Quotes of the Week: Kendrick Lamar on Losing Grammy to Macklemore
Plus, words from Macklemore and Richard Sherman.
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Kendrick Lamar on losing Best Rap Album Grammy to Macklemore: - “It’s well deserved; he did what he did, man... He went out there and hustled and grinded. Everything happens for a reason; the universe comes back around, that’s how it go.” (Photos from Left: Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for BET, Bill McCay/WireImage)
Photo By Photos from Left: Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for BET
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Shonda Rhimes accepting the Directors Guild Diversity Award: - “We’re a little pissed off because there still needs to be an award. Like, there’s such a lack of people hiring women and minorities that when someone does it on a regular basis, they are given an award.” (Photo: Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic)
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Richard Sherman when asked why athletes visit strip clubs: - “Well, I’ve never gone into a strip club and thrown money, so I couldn’t tell you.” (Photo: Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
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Jennifer Hudson on what she’s tired of hearing in today’s music: - “Singing about the same old things in music is overrated. Sex, drinkin’, the club. Okay, especially sex. Like, we grownups… " (Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
Photo By Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images
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Oprah Winfrey on her birthday: - “I no longer have to be concerned about what anyone thinks of me!” (Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
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Jay-Z giving J. Cole a special birthday gift: - “I think it's only right that you get a gift. That, on your neck, is my original Roc chain — and it's yours." (Photo: Taylor Hill/Getty Images)
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Russell Simmons on Macklemore’s win over Kendrick Lamar at the Grammys: - "Kendrick is absolutely a better rapper. Macklemore had one of the most inspiring, socially conscious songs of the year ['Same Love'] and that is what did well for him.” (Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images for GLAAD)
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President Obama on income inequality: - “It’s time to do away with workplace policies that belong in a Mad Men episode. This year, let’s all come together – Congress, the White House, and businesses from Wall Street to Main Street – to give every woman the opportunity she deserves.” (Photo by Larry Downing-Pool/Getty Images)
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La La Anthony on her hubby Carmelo Anthony going to a strip club: - “I don’t want him to be a regular guest…. [But] I don’t really have a problem with it.”(Photo: James Devaney/WireImage)
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Queen Latifah on officiating 33 weddings — many same sex — at the Grammys: - “We had us a weddin’!... Will never, ever forget that experience.” (Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
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