Chaka Khan

Chaka Khan

Yvette Marie Stevens

Birth Date

3/23/1953 (73)

Birth Place

Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Yvette Marie Stevens (born March 23, 1953), better known by her stage name Chaka Khan (/ˈʃɑːkə ˈkɑːn/ SHAH-kə KAHN), is an American singer and songwriter. Known as the "Queen of Funk", her career has spanned more than five decades beginning in the early 1970s as the lead vocalist of the funk band Rufus. With the band she recorded the notable hits "Tell Me Something Good," "Sweet Thing," "Do You Love What You Feel," and the platinum-certified "Ain't Nobody." Her debut solo album featured the number-one R&B hit "I'm Every Woman" (which became a pop hit for Whitney Houston). Khan scored another R&B charts hit with "What Cha' Gonna Do for Me" before becoming the first R&B artist to have a crossover hit featuring a rapper, with her 1984 cover of...

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Acting

Gender

Female

Total Credits

5

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Choir Soloist

Songs

Henrietta (voice)

Herself

Self

Frequent Collaborators

Sly Stone

Sly Stone

1 film together

Questlove

Questlove

1 film together

André 3000

André 3000

1 film together

George Clinton

George Clinton

1 film together

D'Angelo

D'Angelo

1 film together

Vernon Reid

Vernon Reid

1 film together

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