- You were telling me about the condo,
but didn't you just buy a house somewhere?
What's that like?
- We're not in yet, I'm waiting.
The mortgage should be approved by the end of this week.
It better, I'm sick of waiting.
- [Interviewer] Is that, I mean, that's a pretty big
life event in terms of-- - Yeah, it is.
It's our first house.
We never had a house in my life.
We lived in apartments all the time so, you know,
I'm glad this has paid enough for me to actually
to have two businesses and a house.
Yeah, don't you watch that MTV, how you doin'?
- [Neighbor] Hi! (neighbors chattering)
- [Neighbor] Latifah!
(laughing)
What's your next album coming out?
- It's out, it's called 'Nature of a Sister.'
So you gotta go buy it.
- You own a video store, that's kind of an odd thing.
Why did you decide to buy your own video store?
- Well, it was either a video store or a grocery store.
- What is that your two options?
- Well, we were gonna, I used to live here in Dixon Mills,
and for what the building would have needed,
see there's a lot of units to this whole complex,
and this whole, we would have made
like a New York-style deli, with the food in the middle
and Snapple and more fine products and things like that
to service the neighborhood
which would have been a little different
from the corner store right there.
But then this one was more cost-efficient.
We figured there's no video store right here.
We could deliver in the close proximity
and it would be cheaper.
- What made you want to buy something in general?
Just 'cause you lived here and you thought
the neighborhood was missing something?
I mean, why, you're 21, why not just like,
let somebody else own a video store and go to it?
- Because this is making me money.
This is a future for myself and my partner Ramsey in there.
You know, when we first started we always wanted
to be like these entrepreneurs and stuff, so.
This is a start, it's nothing major like a Blockbuster,
but it will become Blockbuster if it's run properly,
if it turns out to be something
that's marketable in different ways.
- Is this something that encompasses a lot
of your thinking process?
I mean, do you have to deal with the day-to-day operations
or is it just like you own it
and let other people take care of it?
- Well I do have to deal with the business behind it.
I don't have to work in it, but, (laughing) you know.
- Not behind the counter. - When it comes to the money,
I gotta know what it is, you know?
- Right.
- So, wanna come in? - Well, let's check it out.
- So what, you want me to rent you a video?
But see, you don't have a card.
First, you need a barcode card which are...
where are they, Ramsey?
See, I don't know where anything is.
- [Interviewer] Can I come in here from Weehawken
and rent videos?
- Yeah, if you want to take that trip.
See, we have nice little, these go on your key chain.
- Oh, this is great. - So every time you come in,
and this is your personal number.
- [Interviewer] So then they can't say,
"Oh, I forgot my card."
- [Queen Latifah] So all we have to do is take this,
run it across here, and your number,
see this is not registered,
but your number would come up in the computer.
- [Interviewer] My address. - Yeah, your name,
your everything. If you don't bring it back on time...
See, we come to people's houses at Videos to Go.
See, we deliver,
but if you don't bring your movie back on time,
we'll come to your house and get it.
- You shouldn't advertise that.
People are going to be thinking
you're gonna come to their house.
- Well, not me.
This is my favorite section, personally,
the children's section.
See, I like to watch these movies, 'Peter Pan.'
You never, you can't forget these movies, man,
when you're a little kid.
'An American Tail,' I watched 'The Jungle Book'
the other day, and I watched 'All Dogs Go to Heaven.'
And you know, no matter how old you are,
you always love a good cartoon.
If not you, your kids.
'The Neverending Story,'
'The Cat in the Hat,' I'm telling you.
And plus, Dr. Seuss just died,
so, we got Dr. Seuss movies in here.
You know, 'The Cat in the Hat,' 'Green Eggs and Ham,'
(laughing)
Sam I Am, you can't forget 'Green Eggs and Ham,'
and that was a good one, see, Dr. Seuss.
Over here, we have sci-fi,
science fiction for those who don't know what sci-fi is.
And action.
Remember that one, 'Body and Soul'
with Jayne Kennedy and her hubby?
We always got plenty of Clint Eastwood around,
'cause Clint Eastwood is an action kind of guy.
Of course, we have to have 'RoboCop'
and plenty of Arnold Schwarzenegger
and plenty of [Sylvester] Stallone.
- [Interviewer] You've seen 'Terminator?'
- Oh, yeah. - You see 'em both?
- Yeah I've seen both 'Terminators.'
Nah, make me some, damn I don't want no rice and beans.
Just make me...
Fries?
Sweet bananas.
- Yeah, uh-huh, all right, bye-bye.
(workers laughing)
- [Interviewer] This is the restaurant you're going to?
- Yep. - With that poster?
- What poster, naw, word! (laughing)
He wants you to come over.
- All right. - (laughs) How are you?
- He comes and rents a lot of movies from me.
This is like one of my biggest customers in the store.
- [Interviewer] Oh, really? - Everything.
Plus, he keeps me up on the latest Spanish music.
- Like what?
- Like...
Rubén Blades, Willie Colón,
He got everything.
- [Interviewer] We should play more of that.
- Yeah everything.
Yeah, y'all should play, MTV, play salsa.
- This is Latifah's plate right here, all for her.
- [Queen Latifah] Lemme get some hot sauce.
- We keep her healthy.
- [Queen Latifah] They do.
- [Interviewer] That's a lot of food.
- [Queen Latifah] (laughing)
- [Interviewer] If I had somebody to do this for me.
- I'm telling you, whenever I come home, I come right here,
get me some fish, some beans and rice,
some sweet bananas, and a salad.
- Sweet bananas are great. - I feast.
- Can you write something to me
so I can prove I saw you?
- To?
- Stinie, S-T-I-N-I-E.
- S-T-
- I-N-I-E.
- I-E?
- Mmhmm.
- Gracias, Julian!
- Bye-bye! - Thanks, bye.