Chaka Khan

thumb Yvette Marie Stevens (born March 23, 1953),known professionally as Chaka Khan, is an American singer and songwriter. Known as the "Queen of Funk". Quotes I have no regrets and wouldn’t change a thing. I’m genuinely surprised I’m still here. It happened gradually for me, I just like myself. I happened to have achieved self love so I’ll fake it till I make it. Things are going very well, the theme of my show is ‘I Love Myself’ and that’s the theme of my entire life right now. I think people are less demanding from an artist, less demanding from what they do. People pay a big ticket price to see a singer just move their lips in sync to a track. That’s a pretty sad place to be. But I think Jazmine Sullivan and Lalah Hathaway are great. My voice has less vibrato now, when I listen to my songs with Rufus, to me, I sound like a bumblebee. But now I think it’s seasoned a lot and my voice has a lot more colours than it did back then. I have in mind to do a live show based on Prince’s stuff, that will be down the road a little. It won’t happen for while. I own half an album that we did together at my house so we will be doing that probably next year. Prince and I were great friends. He was wonderful and left us so much to enjoy. The Godmothers of Pop – Chaka Khan interview;By Classic Pop on 10th April 2025 External links Category:Women singers from the United States Category:Living people Category:1953 births Category:Women born in the 1950s Category:Songwriters from the United States Category:R&B singers Category:African Americans