Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan
Yvette Marie Stevens, better known by her stage name Chaka Khan, is an American singer whose career has spanned four decades, beginning in the 1970s as the frontwoman and focal point of the funk band Rufus. Widely known as the Queen of Funk, Khan has won ten Grammys and has sold an estimated 70 million records worldwide. Khan was ranked at number 17 in VH1's original list of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll. In 2015, she was...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionR&B Singer
Date of Birth23 March 1953
CityNaval Station, IL
CountryUnited States of America
It sacrifices people's lives and their essences at the drop of a dimeI had a manager once say to me, You know you're worth more money dead than alive.
I'd been in a vicious cycle and circle of people and couldn't see my way out. So I picked myself up one day about 15 years ago and moved where I didn't know anyone.
There are a lot of people I would have liked to have collaborated with, and would still like to.
I want to give some positive messages and to empower some people.
Getting a degree, being on Sesame Street... those were like real accomplishments to me.
One of the album's songs features Mary J. Blige, but I don't want to talk too much about it yet. I think you will hear the music that's been playing in my head when it comes out
Walking through this life really is walking through fire.
If I love a song, I make it mine.
If I pop everyone who calls me a diva then I'm going to spend the rest of my life in prison.
I love to sing. It's the easiest thing for me to do.
Well. I'm probably not loving myself like I should, but I'm really trying.
I've been collaborating with Ira Schickman on some songs, and there will be many other, great musicians involved.
I have a lot of charity work I'm into right now, and selling my Chakalates - supporting that whole effort.
I like to work spontaneously.