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- CHAKA KHAN SAYS THE GAYS ARE HER MOST LOYAL FANS"IF WEREN'T FOR THE CHILDREN, I WOULD NOT BE HERE." BY LAMAR DAWSONFEBARY 11, 2019/9:15 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:4200PX;WIDTH:2973PX;}AXELLE/BER-GRIFF/FILMMAGICLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 10: CHAKA KHAN ATTENDS THE 61ST ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS AT STAPL CENTER ON FEBARY 10, 2019 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY AXELLE/BER-GRIFF/FILMMAGIC)BY LAMAR DAWSONFEBARY 11, 2019 / 9:15 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"CHAKA KHAN SAYS THE GAYS ARE HER MOST LOYAL FANS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-02-11T14:15:13.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-02-11T14:15:13.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LAMAR DAWSON"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FROM DOLLY PARTON TO TONI BRAXTON, THE FEMALE INS WERE OUT AT THE GRAMMYS ON SUNDAY NIGHT (FEBARY 10). ONE MIC LEGEND TOOK THE TIME TO SPEAK TO GLAAD ABOUT HER ENDURG REER AND LOYAL LGBTQ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IF WEREN'T FOR THE CHILDREN, I WOULD NOT BE HERE," KHAN, 65, SAYS OF HER GAY FAN BASE. "[THEY'RE] THE MOST FAHFUL DIENCE I HAVE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE "A'T NOBODY" SGER ALSO OFFERED A FEW SIMPLE WORDS OF ADVICE TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"PEOPLE WHO ARE TRIPPG ABOUT SOMETHG THAT SOMEONE ELSE IS DOG 'S BEE THEY HAVE A PROBLEM," SHE SAYS. "BE YOUR DAMN SELF. JT BE YOURSELF."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CAN I GET AN "AMEN?"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
- THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
- CHAKA {LOR:#595959;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:600;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:0.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.25REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}} A{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;} A:HOVER{LOR:#A00000;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}GRAMMY AWARD-WNG SGER CHAKA KHAN, FORMERLY WH THE BAND RUF, HAS AN ARRAY OF H SONGS LIKE "I'M EVERY WOMAN," "A'T NOBODY" AND "THROUGH THE FIRE."{MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;} SPAN{LE-HEIGHT:1.6;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;}{FONT-STYLE:NORMAL;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;FONT-FAY:RALAS,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;LOR:#323232;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.3;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;TEXT-TRANSFORM:PALIZE;}{DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;MARG-LEFT:0.625REM;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}UPDATED: SEP 11, {DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;}{MARG-BOTTOM:0.9375REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 64REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(100VW - (1REM * 2));MARG-LEFT:1REM;MARG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(-1 * 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - (LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 2 * 1REM)) / -2);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 90REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / 2);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / -2) - 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 2);MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 + 1REM)) / -2) - LC(2 * 1REM));}[DATA-HAS-SPONSOR] {MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);MARG-RIGHT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);}}{JTIFY-SELF:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG-LEFT:-50VW;MARG-RIGHT:-50VW;WIDTH:100VW;LEFT:50%;RIGHT:50%;}}{HEIGHT:TO;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO LC(50% - 50VW);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO;}}{POSN:RELATIVE;HEIGHT:TO;}{POSN:RELATIVE;--POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:TO;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;} A{POSN:ABSOLUTE;}{POSN:RELATIVE;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;VERTIL-ALIGN:TOP;}{BACKGROUND:#C92228;BOTTOM:0;PADDG:.5REM;RIGHT:0;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG:0.39REM;}}{DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:1REM;WIDTH:1REM;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{WIDTH:1.063REM;HEIGHT:1.063REM;}}{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{PADDG-LEFT:3.5REM;PADDG-RIGHT:3.5REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MAX-WIDTH:45.25REM;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 100REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}} EM{FONT-STYLE:ALIC;FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;}{CLEAR:BOTH;NTENT:" ";DISPLAY:BLOCK;FONT-SIZE:0.7REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.5REM;HEIGHT:0REM;VISIBILY:HIDN;}{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM{FONT-STYLE:ALIC;FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;}(1953-){LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:800;LETTER-SPACG:0.02EM;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;MARG-TOP:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}} B, STRONG{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM, I{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;}WHO IS CHAKA KHAN?BORN ON MARCH 23, 1953, GREAT LAK, ILLOIS, SGER CHAKA KHAN ACHIEVED GREAT SUCCS AS PART OF THE SOUL-FUNK BAND RUF, LIVERG HS LIKE "TELL ME SOMETHG GOOD," "SWEET THG" AND "HOLLYWOOD." SHE EMBARKED ON A SOLO REER THE LATE '70S AND MA WAV ON THE CHARTS AGA WH TUN LIKE "I'M EVERY WOMAN," "I FEEL FOR YOU," "THIS IS MY NIGHT" AND "THROUGH THE FIRE." A PHENOMENAL VOLIST, KHAN HAS WON NUMERO GRAMMY {--DATA-EMBED-DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;CLEAR:BOTH;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;MARG-BOTTOM:0.9375REM;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;WIDTH:100%;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 20REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 30REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 40.625REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 75REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}} A SPAN{RIGHT:1REM;} IMG{WIDTH:TO;HEIGHT:85VH;} A{DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-LE-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:LE-FLEX;POSN:VAR(--POSN, RELATIVE);} IMG:NOT(.EWCW41W1){DISPLAY:BLOCK;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;-WEBK-ALIGN-SELF:FLEX-START;-MS-FLEX-EM-ALIGN:FLEX-START;ALIGN-SELF:FLEX-START;}{WIDTH:100%;DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-LE-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:LE-FLEX;-WEBK-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;-MS-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 20REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 30REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 40.625REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 75REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}EARLY SGG CAREERCHAKA KHAN WAS BORN YVETTE MARIE STEVENS ON MARCH 23, 1953, CHIGO, ILLOIS. KNOWN FOR HER POWERFUL VOICE, HER GREAT VOLUME OF CURLY HAIR AND HER CHARISMATIC STAGE PRENCE, KHAN FIRST EXPLOD ON TO THE MIC SCENE THE 1970S. SHE FORMED HER FIRST GROUP, THE CRYSTALETT, WH HER SISTER YVONNE WHEN SHE WAS ONLY 11 YEARS OLD. SOME OF KHAN'S EARLY MIL HERO CLU {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}BILLIE HOLIDAY AND GLADYS KNIGHT. THE SISTERS LATER BEME VOLVED THE AO-ARTS THEATER AND STARTED ANOTHER MIL GROUP KNOWN AS THE SHAS OF BLACK. IN 1969, KHAN BEME ACTIVE THE BLACK POWER MOVEMENT, JOG THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY AND WORKG WH THE ANIZATN'S EE BREAKFAST PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN. AROUND THIS TIME, SHE TOOK ON A NEW NAME: CHAKA ADUNNE ADUFFE YEMOJA HODARHI KARIFI. SHE ALSO SAID GOODBYE TO HER FORMAL TN, DROPPG OUT OM HIGH SCHOOL.BIG HS WH RUF 'RUF'IN THE EARLY 1970S, AFTER PERFORMG WH A FEW OTHER GROUPS, KHAN JOED THE BAND RUF, WHICH HAD A STRONG R&B AND FUNK SOUND. THE WORLD GOT S FIRST TASTE OF KHAN’S POWERHOE VOLS WHEN THE GROUP RELEASED S EPONYMO BUT ALBUM 1973, WHICH SPAWNED SUCH MOST HS AS "WHOEVER'S THRILLG YOU" AND "FEEL GOOD."'RAGS TO RUF,' 'TELL ME SOMETHG GOOD'THE FOLLOW-UP ALBUM, RAGS TO RUF (1974), WAS A SMASH MERCIALLY AND CRILLY. STEVIE WONR PENNED FOR THE BAND THE H SGLE "TELL ME SOMETHG GOOD," WHICH SOLD MORE THAN A LN PI. THE GROUP ALSO SRED A GRAMMY AWARD FOR BT R&B VOL PERFORMANCE BY A DUO, GROUP OR CHOS FOR THE SONG. 'SWEET THG,' 'A'T NOBODY'RUF, WHICH WAS RENAMED RUF FEATURG CHAKA KHAN AND THEN RUF & CHAKA KHAN, NTUED TO HAVE A NUMBER OF SUCCS OVER THE G YEARS. THE BAND SRED A TOP 10 POP H WH THE ZTFUL "ONCE YOU GET STARTED," AND KHAN HELPED WRE THE SGLE "SWEET THG," WHICH CLIMBED TO THE TOP OF THE R&B CHARTS AND WAS ALSO A TOP 5 POP H. LATER HS CLUD THE TROSPECTIVE BALLAD "HOLLYWOOD," ABOUT THE PFALLS OF THE FAMED LOLE, AS WELL AS THE GLEEFUL "DO YOU LOVE WHAT YOU FEEL" AND THE NO-NONSENSE "A'T NOBODY."SOLO ALBUMS AND SONGS'CHAKA,' 'NGHTY'WHILE SHE RERD WH RUF UNTIL THE EARLY 1980S, KHAN BUTED AS A SOLO ARTIST THE LATE 1970S. IN 1978 SHE RELEASED CHAKA, WHICH FEATURED THE NO. 1 R&B H AND EMPOWERMENT ANTHEM "I'M EVERY WOMAN," WRTEN BY NICHOLAS ASHFORD AND VALERIE SIMPSON. KHAN'S SEND SOLO ALBUM, 1980'S NGHTY, OFFERED THE POPULAR SGL "CLOUDS," ALSO PENNED BY ASHFORD AND SIMPSON, AND "PAPILLON (AKA HOT BUTTERFLY)." AND A TWIST OF SYNCHRONICY, SHE WON TWO GRAMMY AWARDS AS A SOLO ARTIST AND ONE AS A MEMBER OF RUF 1983. 'I FEEL FOR YOU,' 'THROUGH THE FIRE'THE NEXT YEAR, HOWEVER, CHAKA THE SOLO ARTIST REIGNED SUPREME. COVERG A PRCE SONG, SHE MA MAJOR MOV ON THE CHARTS WH "I FEEL FOR YOU," A TOP 5 SMASH. FEATURG ONE OF THE MOST FAMO RAP MEOS OF ALL TIME BY MELLE MEL, THE FECT TRACK RPORATED ELEMENTS OF RAP, R&B AND ELECTRONIC DANCE MIC. IT ALSO WON KHAN ANOTHER GRAMMY AWARD 1984. OTHER HS OM THE ALBUM CLU "THIS IS MY NIGHT" AND "THROUGH THE FIRE."'WHAT CHA' GONNA DO FOR ME'DURG THE 1980S AND EARLY '90S, KHAN TABLISHED HERSELF AS A STEADY PRENCE ON THE R&B CHARTS WH TOP 20 HS LIKE "WHAT CHA' GONNA DO FOR ME," "GOT TO BE THERE," "(KSH GROOVE) CAN'T STOP THE STREET," "IT'S MY PARTY," "LOVE YOU ALL MY LIFETIME" AND "YOU CAN MAKE THE STORY RIGHT."'I'LL BE GOOD TO YOU,' 'THE WOMAN I AM' THOUGH THE POPULARY OF KHAN'S ALBUMS EVENTUALLY CLED WH SHIFTG MIL TRENDS, SHE STILL PUT FORTH CRILLY ACCLAIMED MIC. SHE WON ANOTHER GRAMMY 1990 FOR HER DUET WH THE LEGENDARY RAY CHARL ON "I'LL BE GOOD TO YOU," OM QUCY JON' 1989 BACK ON THE BLOCK ALBUM, AND ANOTHER ONE 1992 FOR THE WOMAN I AM. KHAN ALSO BEME KNOWN FOR HER NTRIBUTNS TO THE SOUNDTRACKS FOR THE FILMS CLOCKERS AND WAG TO EXHALE, BOTH OM 1995. LATER THE , SHE RELEASED THE WELL-RECEIVED PRCE-PRODUCED SET COME 2 MY HOE (1998).'WHAT'S GOG ON,' 'CLASSIKHAN'IN 2002, CHAKA KHAN SRED HER EIGHTH GRAMMY AWARD—THIS TIME FOR HER VER OF MARV GAYE'S "WHAT'S GOG ON" WH THE FUNK BROTHERS. EXPERIMENTG WH DIFFERENT MIL STYL, SHE RELEASED AN ALBUM OF STANDARDS WH THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHTRA, ENTLED CLASSIKHAN, 2004.'FUNK THIS'MAKG HER FIRST ORIGAL RERDG YEARS, KHAN RETURNED TO THE STUD TO CREATE FUNK THIS (2007), A DIVERSE MIX OF SONGS AND GUTS. THE BALLAD "ANGEL" ME OM A POEM SHE WROTE WHILE HIGH YEARS EARLIER, WHILE THE UPTEMPO "DISRPECTFUL" PAIRED KHAN WH ONE OF HER MIL PROTéGé, MARY J. BLIGE. AND ON THE VER OF "YOU BELONG TO ME," SHE SANG WH MICHAEL MCDONALD, A FORMER MEMBER OF THE DOOBIE BROTHERS. SHE ALSO CLUD A FEW MORE REMAK ON THE ALBUM, CLUDG TRACKS BY PRCE, JIMI HENDRIX AND JONI MCHELL. 'HELLO HAPPS'KHAN RETURNED TO THE AIRWAV 2016 WH THE SGLE "I LOVE MYSELF," WH PORTNS OF SAL GOG TO THE DOMTIC ABE ANIZATN FACE FORWARD AS WELL AS STOMP OUT BULLYG. SHE ALSO SANG WH TWO OF HER SIBLGS ON THAT YEAR'S DANCE TRACK "HOE OF LOVE," BY FOMO. IN 2018, KHAN RELEASED "LIKE SUGAR," WHICH BEME THE FIRST SGLE OM HER 2019 ALBUM, HELLO HAPPS.THEATER AND BOOK WHILE LIVG LONDON THE 1990S, KHAN BRANCHED OUT TO ACTG, APPEARG AS SISTER CARRIE THE MIL MAMA, I WANT TO SG. IN 2003, THE ARTIST SHARED HER LIFE STORY WH THE WORLD HER TOBGRAPHY, CHAKA! THROUGH THE FIRE. IN , SHE TAILED HER REER AS WELL AS HER YEARS OF SUBSTANCE ABE. CHAKA SCRIBED THE LONELS SHE FELT WHILE TOURG. SHE WAS OFTEN AWAY OM HER TWO CHILDREN, WHICH ONLY POUND HER SADNS AND GUILT. CHAKA TOLD JET MAGAZE, "I THK A BIG PART OF MY DG THG WAS PG OM THOSE FEELGS." SHE ALSO REVEALED THAT SHE HAD A HISTORY OF BAD LUCK WHEN ME TO RELATNSHIPS. IN 2008, CHAKA KHAN MA HER BROADWAY BUT AND APPEARED AS THE CHARACTER SOFIA THE MIL THE COLOR PURPLE, BASED ON THE BOOK BY ALICE WALKER.PERSONAL LIFE AND REHABTWICE MARRIED AND DIVORCED, KHAN GAVE BIRTH TO DGHTER MILI 1973 AND SON DAMIEN 1979.TOWARD THE END OF THE 1990S, SHE TABLISHED THE CHAKA KHAN FOUNDATN, WHICH PROVIS TN PROGRAMS TO AT-RISK CHILDREN AND HELPS LOW-E FAI WH TISTIC CHILDREN. IN 2004, KHAN FACED A PERSONAL TRAGEDY WHEN DAMIEN WAS ARRTED AND CHARGED WH MURR. HE AND A IEND HAD BEEN FIGHTG HER HOME WHEN DAMIEN ACCINTALLY SHOT THE OTHER MAN. RALLYG HER FAY TOGETHER, KHAN ATTEND THE TRIAL AND TTIFIED ON HER SON'S BEHALF. HE WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY 2006.IN JULY 2016, KHAN ANNOUNCED THAT SHE AND HER SISTER YVONNE (AKA TAKA BOOM) WOULD BE ENTERG REHAB DUE TO PRCRIPTN DG ADDICTNS, HAVG BEEN MOVED TO DO SO AFTER THE OVERDOSE-RELATED ATH OF PRCE."THE TRAGIC ATH OF PRCE HAS HAD BOTH RETHKG AND REEVALUATG OUR LIV AND PRRI," KHAN SAID AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT. "WE KNEW WAS TIME TO TAKE ACTN TO SAVE OUR LIV. MY SISTER AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR SUPPORT, LOVE AND PRAYERS." {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS
CHAKA KHAN SAYS THE GAYS ARE HER MOST LOYAL FANS"IF WEREN'T FOR THE CHILDREN, I WOULD NOT BE HERE." BY LAMAR DAWSONFEBARY 11, 2019/9:15 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:4200PX;WIDTH:2973PX;}AXELLE/BER-GRIFF/FILMMAGICLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 10: CHAKA KHAN ATTENDS THE 61ST ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS AT STAPL CENTER ON FEBARY 10, 2019 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY AXELLE/BER-GRIFF/FILMMAGIC)BY LAMAR DAWSONFEBARY 11, 2019 / 9:15 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"CHAKA KHAN SAYS THE GAYS ARE HER MOST LOYAL FANS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-02-11T14:15:13.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-02-11T14:15:13.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LAMAR DAWSON"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FROM DOLLY PARTON TO TONI BRAXTON, THE FEMALE INS WERE OUT AT THE GRAMMYS ON SUNDAY NIGHT (FEBARY 10). ONE MIC LEGEND TOOK THE TIME TO SPEAK TO GLAAD ABOUT HER ENDURG REER AND LOYAL LGBTQ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IF WEREN'T FOR THE CHILDREN, I WOULD NOT BE HERE," KHAN, 65, SAYS OF HER GAY FAN BASE. "[THEY'RE] THE MOST FAHFUL DIENCE I HAVE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE "A'T NOBODY" SGER ALSO OFFERED A FEW SIMPLE WORDS OF ADVICE TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"PEOPLE WHO ARE TRIPPG ABOUT SOMETHG THAT SOMEONE ELSE IS DOG 'S BEE THEY HAVE A PROBLEM," SHE SAYS. "BE YOUR DAMN SELF. JT BE YOURSELF."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CAN I GET AN "AMEN?"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
"If weren't for the children, I would not be here, " Khan, 65, says of her gay fan base. My gay and lbian fans have always been there for me.
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SHE EMBARKED ON A SOLO REER THE LATE '70S AND MA WAV ON THE CHARTS AGA WH TUN LIKE "I'M EVERY WOMAN," "I FEEL FOR YOU," "THIS IS MY NIGHT" AND "THROUGH THE FIRE." A PHENOMENAL VOLIST, KHAN HAS WON NUMERO GRAMMY {--DATA-EMBED-DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;CLEAR:BOTH;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;MARG-BOTTOM:0.9375REM;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;WIDTH:100%;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 20REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 30REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 40.625REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 75REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}} A SPAN{RIGHT:1REM;} IMG{WIDTH:TO;HEIGHT:85VH;} A{DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-LE-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:LE-FLEX;POSN:VAR(--POSN, RELATIVE);} IMG:NOT(.EWCW41W1){DISPLAY:BLOCK;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;-WEBK-ALIGN-SELF:FLEX-START;-MS-FLEX-EM-ALIGN:FLEX-START;ALIGN-SELF:FLEX-START;}{WIDTH:100%;DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-LE-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:LE-FLEX;-WEBK-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;-MS-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 20REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 30REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 40.625REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 75REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}EARLY SGG CAREERCHAKA KHAN WAS BORN YVETTE MARIE STEVENS ON MARCH 23, 1953, CHIGO, ILLOIS. KNOWN FOR HER POWERFUL VOICE, HER GREAT VOLUME OF CURLY HAIR AND HER CHARISMATIC STAGE PRENCE, KHAN FIRST EXPLOD ON TO THE MIC SCENE THE 1970S. SHE FORMED HER FIRST GROUP, THE CRYSTALETT, WH HER SISTER YVONNE WHEN SHE WAS ONLY 11 YEARS OLD. SOME OF KHAN'S EARLY MIL HERO CLU {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}BILLIE HOLIDAY AND GLADYS KNIGHT. THE SISTERS LATER BEME VOLVED THE AO-ARTS THEATER AND STARTED ANOTHER MIL GROUP KNOWN AS THE SHAS OF BLACK. IN 1969, KHAN BEME ACTIVE THE BLACK POWER MOVEMENT, JOG THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY AND WORKG WH THE ANIZATN'S EE BREAKFAST PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN. AROUND THIS TIME, SHE TOOK ON A NEW NAME: CHAKA ADUNNE ADUFFE YEMOJA HODARHI KARIFI. SHE ALSO SAID GOODBYE TO HER FORMAL TN, DROPPG OUT OM HIGH SCHOOL.BIG HS WH RUF 'RUF'IN THE EARLY 1970S, AFTER PERFORMG WH A FEW OTHER GROUPS, KHAN JOED THE BAND RUF, WHICH HAD A STRONG R&B AND FUNK SOUND. THE WORLD GOT S FIRST TASTE OF KHAN’S POWERHOE VOLS WHEN THE GROUP RELEASED S EPONYMO BUT ALBUM 1973, WHICH SPAWNED SUCH MOST HS AS "WHOEVER'S THRILLG YOU" AND "FEEL GOOD."'RAGS TO RUF,' 'TELL ME SOMETHG GOOD'THE FOLLOW-UP ALBUM, RAGS TO RUF (1974), WAS A SMASH MERCIALLY AND CRILLY. STEVIE WONR PENNED FOR THE BAND THE H SGLE "TELL ME SOMETHG GOOD," WHICH SOLD MORE THAN A LN PI. THE GROUP ALSO SRED A GRAMMY AWARD FOR BT R&B VOL PERFORMANCE BY A DUO, GROUP OR CHOS FOR THE SONG. 'SWEET THG,' 'A'T NOBODY'RUF, WHICH WAS RENAMED RUF FEATURG CHAKA KHAN AND THEN RUF & CHAKA KHAN, NTUED TO HAVE A NUMBER OF SUCCS OVER THE G YEARS. THE BAND SRED A TOP 10 POP H WH THE ZTFUL "ONCE YOU GET STARTED," AND KHAN HELPED WRE THE SGLE "SWEET THG," WHICH CLIMBED TO THE TOP OF THE R&B CHARTS AND WAS ALSO A TOP 5 POP H. LATER HS CLUD THE TROSPECTIVE BALLAD "HOLLYWOOD," ABOUT THE PFALLS OF THE FAMED LOLE, AS WELL AS THE GLEEFUL "DO YOU LOVE WHAT YOU FEEL" AND THE NO-NONSENSE "A'T NOBODY."SOLO ALBUMS AND SONGS'CHAKA,' 'NGHTY'WHILE SHE RERD WH RUF UNTIL THE EARLY 1980S, KHAN BUTED AS A SOLO ARTIST THE LATE 1970S. IN 1978 SHE RELEASED CHAKA, WHICH FEATURED THE NO. 1 R&B H AND EMPOWERMENT ANTHEM "I'M EVERY WOMAN," WRTEN BY NICHOLAS ASHFORD AND VALERIE SIMPSON. KHAN'S SEND SOLO ALBUM, 1980'S NGHTY, OFFERED THE POPULAR SGL "CLOUDS," ALSO PENNED BY ASHFORD AND SIMPSON, AND "PAPILLON (AKA HOT BUTTERFLY)." AND A TWIST OF SYNCHRONICY, SHE WON TWO GRAMMY AWARDS AS A SOLO ARTIST AND ONE AS A MEMBER OF RUF 1983. 'I FEEL FOR YOU,' 'THROUGH THE FIRE'THE NEXT YEAR, HOWEVER, CHAKA THE SOLO ARTIST REIGNED SUPREME. COVERG A PRCE SONG, SHE MA MAJOR MOV ON THE CHARTS WH "I FEEL FOR YOU," A TOP 5 SMASH. FEATURG ONE OF THE MOST FAMO RAP MEOS OF ALL TIME BY MELLE MEL, THE FECT TRACK RPORATED ELEMENTS OF RAP, R&B AND ELECTRONIC DANCE MIC. IT ALSO WON KHAN ANOTHER GRAMMY AWARD 1984. OTHER HS OM THE ALBUM CLU "THIS IS MY NIGHT" AND "THROUGH THE FIRE."'WHAT CHA' GONNA DO FOR ME'DURG THE 1980S AND EARLY '90S, KHAN TABLISHED HERSELF AS A STEADY PRENCE ON THE R&B CHARTS WH TOP 20 HS LIKE "WHAT CHA' GONNA DO FOR ME," "GOT TO BE THERE," "(KSH GROOVE) CAN'T STOP THE STREET," "IT'S MY PARTY," "LOVE YOU ALL MY LIFETIME" AND "YOU CAN MAKE THE STORY RIGHT."'I'LL BE GOOD TO YOU,' 'THE WOMAN I AM' THOUGH THE POPULARY OF KHAN'S ALBUMS EVENTUALLY CLED WH SHIFTG MIL TRENDS, SHE STILL PUT FORTH CRILLY ACCLAIMED MIC. SHE WON ANOTHER GRAMMY 1990 FOR HER DUET WH THE LEGENDARY RAY CHARL ON "I'LL BE GOOD TO YOU," OM QUCY JON' 1989 BACK ON THE BLOCK ALBUM, AND ANOTHER ONE 1992 FOR THE WOMAN I AM. KHAN ALSO BEME KNOWN FOR HER NTRIBUTNS TO THE SOUNDTRACKS FOR THE FILMS CLOCKERS AND WAG TO EXHALE, BOTH OM 1995. LATER THE , SHE RELEASED THE WELL-RECEIVED PRCE-PRODUCED SET COME 2 MY HOE (1998).'WHAT'S GOG ON,' 'CLASSIKHAN'IN 2002, CHAKA KHAN SRED HER EIGHTH GRAMMY AWARD—THIS TIME FOR HER VER OF MARV GAYE'S "WHAT'S GOG ON" WH THE FUNK BROTHERS. EXPERIMENTG WH DIFFERENT MIL STYL, SHE RELEASED AN ALBUM OF STANDARDS WH THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHTRA, ENTLED CLASSIKHAN, 2004.'FUNK THIS'MAKG HER FIRST ORIGAL RERDG YEARS, KHAN RETURNED TO THE STUD TO CREATE FUNK THIS (2007), A DIVERSE MIX OF SONGS AND GUTS. THE BALLAD "ANGEL" ME OM A POEM SHE WROTE WHILE HIGH YEARS EARLIER, WHILE THE UPTEMPO "DISRPECTFUL" PAIRED KHAN WH ONE OF HER MIL PROTéGé, MARY J. BLIGE. AND ON THE VER OF "YOU BELONG TO ME," SHE SANG WH MICHAEL MCDONALD, A FORMER MEMBER OF THE DOOBIE BROTHERS. SHE ALSO CLUD A FEW MORE REMAK ON THE ALBUM, CLUDG TRACKS BY PRCE, JIMI HENDRIX AND JONI MCHELL. 'HELLO HAPPS'KHAN RETURNED TO THE AIRWAV 2016 WH THE SGLE "I LOVE MYSELF," WH PORTNS OF SAL GOG TO THE DOMTIC ABE ANIZATN FACE FORWARD AS WELL AS STOMP OUT BULLYG. SHE ALSO SANG WH TWO OF HER SIBLGS ON THAT YEAR'S DANCE TRACK "HOE OF LOVE," BY FOMO. IN 2018, KHAN RELEASED "LIKE SUGAR," WHICH BEME THE FIRST SGLE OM HER 2019 ALBUM, HELLO HAPPS.THEATER AND BOOK WHILE LIVG LONDON THE 1990S, KHAN BRANCHED OUT TO ACTG, APPEARG AS SISTER CARRIE THE MIL MAMA, I WANT TO SG. IN 2003, THE ARTIST SHARED HER LIFE STORY WH THE WORLD HER TOBGRAPHY, CHAKA! THROUGH THE FIRE. IN , SHE TAILED HER REER AS WELL AS HER YEARS OF SUBSTANCE ABE. CHAKA SCRIBED THE LONELS SHE FELT WHILE TOURG. SHE WAS OFTEN AWAY OM HER TWO CHILDREN, WHICH ONLY POUND HER SADNS AND GUILT. CHAKA TOLD JET MAGAZE, "I THK A BIG PART OF MY DG THG WAS PG OM THOSE FEELGS." SHE ALSO REVEALED THAT SHE HAD A HISTORY OF BAD LUCK WHEN ME TO RELATNSHIPS. IN 2008, CHAKA KHAN MA HER BROADWAY BUT AND APPEARED AS THE CHARACTER SOFIA THE MIL THE COLOR PURPLE, BASED ON THE BOOK BY ALICE WALKER.PERSONAL LIFE AND REHABTWICE MARRIED AND DIVORCED, KHAN GAVE BIRTH TO DGHTER MILI 1973 AND SON DAMIEN 1979.TOWARD THE END OF THE 1990S, SHE TABLISHED THE CHAKA KHAN FOUNDATN, WHICH PROVIS TN PROGRAMS TO AT-RISK CHILDREN AND HELPS LOW-E FAI WH TISTIC CHILDREN. IN 2004, KHAN FACED A PERSONAL TRAGEDY WHEN DAMIEN WAS ARRTED AND CHARGED WH MURR. HE AND A IEND HAD BEEN FIGHTG HER HOME WHEN DAMIEN ACCINTALLY SHOT THE OTHER MAN. RALLYG HER FAY TOGETHER, KHAN ATTEND THE TRIAL AND TTIFIED ON HER SON'S BEHALF. HE WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY 2006.IN JULY 2016, KHAN ANNOUNCED THAT SHE AND HER SISTER YVONNE (AKA TAKA BOOM) WOULD BE ENTERG REHAB DUE TO PRCRIPTN DG ADDICTNS, HAVG BEEN MOVED TO DO SO AFTER THE OVERDOSE-RELATED ATH OF PRCE."THE TRAGIC ATH OF PRCE HAS HAD BOTH RETHKG AND REEVALUATG OUR LIV AND PRRI," KHAN SAID AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT. "WE KNEW WAS TIME TO TAKE ACTN TO SAVE OUR LIV. MY SISTER AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR SUPPORT, LOVE AND PRAYERS." {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS
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