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
If I pop everyone who calls me a diva then I'm going to spend the rest of my life in prison.
Getting a degree, being on Sesame Street... those were like real accomplishments to me.
If I love a song, I make it mine.
I love to sing. It's the easiest thing for me to do.
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.
I can only give what I have. And when I receive, I give it back.
I'm an extremely determined person. I'm very serious about what I do.
There is no perfect love - that's something I'm very realistic about.
Every personal experience of my life impacts my music. I can only give what I have. And when I receive, I give it back. I often fix it or color it differently or give it in my way, but thats what its about.
I mean, I'm not unhappy, but there's still so much I want to do.
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.
Being a singer is a way for me to get to a platform to do more.