'Tried to Humble Jill': Jill Scott Had the No. 1 Album and Met Her Idol Aretha Franklin — Then Ended Up on a Hot Dog Mission She Will Never Forget

'Tried to Humble Jill': Jill Scott Had the No. 1 Album and Met Her Idol Aretha Franklin — Then Ended Up on a Hot Dog Mission She Will Never Forget

Aretha Franklin believed R-E-S-P-E-C-T was earned, not assumed — and she had creative ways of proving it. In show business, the old saying goes: “Never meet your heroes.” That warning seems to carry extra weight when the hero in question is a legend from Detroit with a crown that nobody dared touch. That was the reality for a fellow Grammy-winning artist who came decades after her: Jill Scott, who recently shared a story that had listeners laugh…