Chaka Khan on Her Hits, Prince, Whitney, Rick James, Ariana Grande, Kanye (Full Interview)
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
- Chaka Khan came through for her first-ever VladTV interview, which was conducted by Luenell. Chaka detailed her life story during her sit-down, including getting married at 17 so that she could sign a record contract, and joining the Chicago funk band Rufus, which kicked off her career in a major way. Chaka then spoke about her solo career and collaborating with some of the greatest artists of all time, including Prince, who Chaka said tricked her into meeting him at the studio for the first time. She also addressed how she gave Kanye permission to sample her famous song "Through the Fire," which she later regretted because of how he sped up her voice for the chorus on "Through the Wire." To hear more, including Chaka speaking about her friendship with Rick James, hit the full interview above.
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Lunelle did a Great Job I felt like i was watching my Aunties talking in my living room Chaka still looks Beautiful
Word lol
True
I swear I was about to comment that they reminded me of my mother and aunts talking ☺️
Y’all aunties kicked it with the panthers, prince, lived in england too.
they're close friends in real life if you follow Lunelle on Instagram you will see
I swear her hairstyle will never get old so cute on her😍😍
I love the color
I love how she put her hands in it
I know right . She is timelessly beautiful
Very gorgeous and seductive woman.
Yes it is
After watching this interview I just realized why I find Chaka Khan so attractive. She's so unpretentious and her aura is authentic as well as showing that vulnerable side, so attractive.. The calibre of which we won't see again .
I completely agree, she is a true enigma. All the while just truly beautiful. She’s everything and not one single thing. You can not put this woman in a box, she would just break out anyway. ❤😁
I agree so much ❤ Love Chaka
She's every woman!
41:53 Kanye west
48:54 Whitney Houston
55:36 Prince
1:03:51 Ariana grande
I appreciate that!😂🤣
- Thank you.
Kanye*
THANK YOU!!!!!
Thank you.
She is still BEAUTIFUL!!!
Exactly what I was thinking!!!!! She still is looks lovely!!!!! ❤
Legendary beauty
Riiight I want to age like that.., she’s Gorgeous
That part, "It's left brain activity. It's a part of your brain that dreams and has magic. Where your calling lives." I've never in my life heard anything broken down in such a way. THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL CHAKA! What a real soul.
It struck me as well, especially being left handed
It’s actually the right brain
@@TheTremell1 No it's the left 👍
*Left brain activity is LOGIC based....Right brain is where the magic is. She said it fast and the comma was silent.
@@TheTremell1 right!! Left brain is logic, reasoning and analyzing. But sometimes ppl get it confused but I knew what she meant
One of the greatest women I have ever met . I spent time with her on a rainy day in London and she was so kind to me .She said at the time it was because I spoke to her like a person and I was genuine when all those around her weren’t . The shoot was amazing she shines from within.Her kids were lovely.About 2 weeks later I was about to cross the road at traffic lights and she shouted my name . I didn’t think that she would even remember me . It lifted my heart to this day. She is as beautiful as the day we met .Love her forever for being even better in person than she is vinyl.❤
She's a Sweet, sweet Spirit.
Love me some Chaka.
She's the best example of when people say "thank God, I don't look like what I've been through!" still very beautiful ESPECIALLY because she started hard drugs young. God did good by her; she's an example that He'll reach down WHEREVER you are & pull you out to save you & His grace & mercy over us when we're not making good decisions.
Well said, you're a wise woman
@@realmccoy7632 Wise. Don't gender into it.
She still has that itch though...
Yes Because Good HEARTed People get older slower keep that in mind
@@solidsnake7302 Oh I know I'm 31 and look 21! lol
So glad Lunelle is the interviewer, when you’re of similar backgrounds, the connection shows.
Underrated comment
I just cant get over the rapport between them. No interview. Just a conversation between 2 Judys!
Exactly! Chaka Khan held no punches, as if they were just talking in the kitchen, with no one else around while someone was getting their hair done. I loved it all.
They know each other
Judy's?
Right though!! Lol
What's a Judy?? 👀
This is the best damn interview and Lunell was the perfect person for this!! I need to see her interviewing more legends cause that’s a whole show! Chaka seems like that Aunt you can smoke with and she will teach you “how she got over”!
A real WOMAN!!none like her.
I wholeheartedly AGREE w/you! THE BEST INTERVIEW EVER!! No one could pull this event or come remotely close as did Luenell!
As an ARIES, Chaka's pure authenticity & brutal honesty is bar none..as inimitable as her brilliant skills! Your "Aunt" comment is so on point..been there! Invaluable!💛
ZZ♏👑
No ... talking over her and didn't let her finish at times .
@@gardensofthegods she def was she didn’t let her finish sentences a lot of times I knew it would be like this smh
@@justblaze. yeah other people think it was a great interview . . It was a conversation not an interview and there's a difference .
Sometimes I really look forward to a conversation between several people but I really just wanted to hear what shakacon had to say and not anybody else .. so yeah I do feel by her cutting in and cutting her off and talking about herself she did usurp Chaka Khan's
" interview " .
Sometimes I put this on in the background when I’m cleaning. It is comforting because I remember when I was little and had to go to bed early and I heard the sound of my mother and aunt talking in the living room. ☺️
Aww this is so sweet
Awwh, I miss those sounds too. Uncles in the back, Mama's and Aunties gossiping.
me too! all the time...even now!!
Wooooooow I’m gonna start doing that sometimes that’s so nostalgic
I’m cleaning and listening to this right now 😂❤️
The only woman, outside my beautiful wife, that will stop me in my tracks on a Saturday morning. Enjoyed the entire interview. We love you Chaka! 😎
💯
We love you too 🥰
Ahhh, so sweet to say about your wife, Old...
LOL!! BRO MY WIFE OF 30 YRS KNEW THAT......FOR 30 YRS!!
Smooth😉
You can definitely tell she didn’t have the same gospel background as her peers but you can definitely here the jazz influence in her voice.
Loved when Chaka said Our babies, our Men, are becoming an endangered species. This is So True! A Powerful Statement!
Chairman of the board an Funkadelic. Thing. From our era. Respect to the.warriah. queen chaka
Hit her personally!
I'm 62 now and I still think she has the most beautiful smile and face. The first time I saw her way back she took my breath away. I love her smile. Hands down the nicest in the world. What an incredible voice too. I'm a metal /hard rock guy but will stop to listen and watch her anytime. I feel for her...yuk yuk.
She is gorgeous still today.
Chaka is so REAL! Even with her fame, fortune and at times notoriety, she is honest and keeps it 100%! Still our beautiful and sexy queen! Chaka Chaka Chaka Khan!!! 🥰
That’s an Aries woman for you!!!
I'm crying ,she is so beautiful inside and out
QUEEN CHAKA! Finally the whole interview!
Shut up bitch
@@jarrodcook9259 shut up troll
Like damn what took so long
Yes! Finally. I refused to watch the snippets until the full interview was released.
I’ve been wait for da full interview for weeks!!👍🏾👍🏾
Chaka sang to my son at a fundraiser. I fell in love with her at that moment. My son was soo happy. She is a very lovely woman.
I feel privileged to have been able to watch this interview!
This is one of the best interviews I have ever seen in my whole life. Everything you would want to ask her herself and done in such a conversational and gracious way. I bow to her and her talent and tenacity. It was great to hear about her bohemian upbringing and artistic parents and the back story, including her voice and her way of how she herself hears it. The horn analogy makes perfect sense. Chet Baker would sing as if he was playing the horn and you can get so much out of this interview as a musician or as a fan. She is a LEGEND. Respect to her always. A true true artist x LOVE HER
Who do you find to play the baddest icon in the game? Chaka khan is in a class by herself!!! When I saw her sing in French for the first time, I was floored!!! She is just multi-talented.
“Read music, what’s there to read”? Brilliant! My favourite singer of all time 🔥🔥🔥
"Your calling is untouched by anything. What you are on this earth to do is untouched by everything. Nothing can really mess that up.” Chaka Khan
As a singer that started smoking cigarettes... I always felt this way then my voice changed a little bit but nothing can touch what I was put out here to do!!! She's still doing it so it's not too late for me. The issue of smoking and getting older tried to mess with my mind but I will never give up give in or do waste what I was put here to do. Thank you Chaka Khan! Total inspiration and motivation.
Finally, the full thing. She is so majestic
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When Chaka said "I wouldn't touch that with your stuff" when referring to Rick James. I died due to the excessive shade. That part of me is gone and it's not coming back LMAO
Chaka high now chile. Back then they was on that Shat. (angel dust)
@Lisa Ray and it seem like she was high on something in this interview.
She seems very high smh
Scratching and shit
@@greta6860 her shirt looks itchy, that’s probably why she’s scratching.
Luenell did a GREAT interview here because she lived part of Chaka's life. This seemed more like two friends just cutting up instead of an interview. I LOVE this! This was one of the best conversations. Luenell is so real and Chaka is too! This was FANTASTIC! Stevie Wonder should have insisted that she got credit for that song!
I always loved Chaka! I remember as a little girl being mesmerized by her. Watching a brown skin girl like myself perform on Soul Train. She is truly a beautiful women inside and out!
Chaka Khan is so damn cute!!!! Her smile is amazing! Shout out to our black women aren't they beautiful all of them!!
LOVE CHAKA, AND ONE THING SHE SAID IS YOUR GOD GIVING TALENT CAN NOT BE TOUCHED BY NOTHING, BECAUSE IT'S GOD GIVEN, SO TRUE. POPE IVA. 🕊🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕊
Insightful interview! Chaka is candid, no nonsense, has lived an enriched life, has enormous regard for her craft while paying homage to "The Greats" before her! A legend! 💃
Loved this interview. I like it when celebrities are real in their interviews and are not trying to be politically correct about everything. Chaka was not afraid to speak her mind on any of the questions asked. A really good interview.
The one and only! There will never be another! Chaka Khan🌹🎤❤
She is okay!
Love her!🥰
Love her so much. 💕
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I like the way Luenell say "Chaka".
Chalka
@@brvndxxxn omg yess lmao.
47 years of my life I've listened to and been loving this woman. I was 18 when I first heard that first Rufus album. I was in college and they came to perform in Pittsburgh. Show was "Rated X"...she would show her cesarean scar...it was 70s y'all so it got that rating. Her voice has been magnificently unique and masterful in every genre she has sung.from those days to now. Just an amazing artist❤. This was a fabulous interview. So real. Unjaded. Love love love her. Thank you whomever pulled this off and Lounell just perfect.
Yay, Pittsburgh!
Chaka Khan is definitely one is my favorites and I'm loving her even more from this interview.
To me, Ms.Chaka is an original when it comes to wearing the Cat eye, Eyeliner, meaning makeup. It's perfection. Have been trying to get my eyeliner like that for decades. 😃
The cat eye been around way before chaka like in the 60s
It’s her natural eyes that bring out the eyeliner. She has almond shaped eyes . Much like mine. I don’t really have to wear eyeliner because my eyes are naturally defined
Not Natalie Cole, was out here lookin, crazy! But her calling could not be touch, by anything… 💎
@@wakeupstopsleeping6300 The cat eye, been around since, they discovered the hieroglyphics 👸🏾
Great interview. Chaka has one of the most amazing vocal gifts I’ve ever heard and she’s still fine as hell.
What a beautiful soul! My earliest memories in life involve hearing her voice. Definitely in my top 3 with Patrice Rushen and Roberta Flack. Vocal Angels 👼
Excellent top 3 list. 🔥
I'm of the 80's era and Chaka is one of my biggest crushes of all time. From the Soul Train until today.
This is the best interview with Chaka Khan and Lunelle on VLAD TV. It's like watching two boss women have a real conversation about life! Chaka " A'int Nobody" Khan Goddess.
I like interviews like these cause I might of grew up only knowing a few songs, but once I listen to their life story I’m able to go back and listen to their catalog. Dope
Still beautiful! She doesn’t look like what she’s been through!
Exactly she still is a beautiful woman.
One of the most honest interviews I've watched.👏
The fact that she said " she didn't know Prince did drugs" was hearsay. Prince did NOT drugs on a regular basis. Prince had two joints replaced. Chaka said ankles. I remember it was said that he had had two hips replaced. I stayed closely to the news when it broke . Prince's band members also stated that they couldn't even get Prince to drink coffee or tea because they had caffeine and he didn't want caffeine in his body. The press is ran by the billionaires and the news is whatever they want it to be. It's best to listen to news reports late at night when not to many people are listening. Evidently Chaka didn't hear the authorities announce that the meds Prince took was not the pain meds the doctor prescribed for him. Same color, same size, but was not the right meds. An investigation was opened and they were looking at a female. So Chaka and everybody else who only have speculation , don't make judgments until you have confirmed info.
I help a panther,get away, from a rooftop,in bpt.bearsley Terr, I was playing basketball down the street, and I looked white so I ran down the middle of the street,acting like they were holding me hostage,it was a mostly a black village in Trumbull Connecticut, and I ran down the street and all the white police officer, were trying to catch me to protect me from the bad black people,and Moris came down the rooftop and was Gost 😎🤠😇🤣
Me too
One of the best interviews. They were both raw yet authentic. Chaka’s other great attributes besides being a great musician: an insightful intellect, she’s funny as hell, she’s truly very confident and humble.
Yes mamma
She is My All Time Favorite Lady Singer !!
Chaka, I love you & wish you all the best !!
It is so good to see that Chaka is still beautiful, healthy, and appears happy. Great interview. Luenell, with excellent lead questions. I love both of you., and you both were major influences in my life.
FYI: Chaka Khan's "Naughty" is the album that Cissy Houston, Whitney Houston and Luther Vandross sang backgrounds on.
They tore CLOUDS up
@@edwardwheeler197 Chaka's brother Mark Stevens is the male background vocal on "Clouds". Luther is on "Nothing's Gonna Take You Away", "Papillon (Aka Hot Butterfly)" and "Our Love's In Danger". There's no mistaking Luther's voice on "Papillon", it almost feels like a low-key duet! Chaka's first three solo albums imho had the best background vocal arrangements EVER!!!! There should be some kind of Background Singers Hall of Fame Award given to those talents!!!!
Lots of respect for Chaka for her honesty.
About Rick James " I would'nt touch that with your Stuff' I fell out 😂😂😂😂, outspoken Aires LOL!!!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I enjoyed every second of this conversation! EACH! Chaka was and still is one of my greatest inspirations in music history! She’s original and unique from head to toes. She always was and she always will be the one and only Chaka!
Also she always had and still has such strong sexual energy that nothing in this world including age can change it and take it from this phenomenal woman! And thank you, Luenell for making one of your best interviews to date!
Man she has a gorgeous smile. Absolutely beautiful woman back then and even now
Finally they put the whole thing up!! I was tired of watching snippets
“Not for me hunny I’m as shallow as a kitty pool” LUENELL IS CRAZY 😭😭😭
OMG... thank you so much for that interview!!! It was off the chain for real. I learned things about her I had no idea about, and I feel like I got to see the real lady. And how fabulous she looks! The interviewer was wonderful as well. Hats off to Chaka!!
This is an incredible interview💥💥💥💥💥 Thank you Chaka for your transparency and for the love you continue to bring us. Sleuth-ness and all
The "Ease" that flowed between the two of them was refreshing!!
The “Chaka Khan Theater”...I screamed 🤣🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾. This is my girl ❤️
So many greats came from Chicago: Bernie Mac, Chaka, Common, Kanye, Dwyane Wade, Shirley Shepherd, Earth Wind and Fire, Michelle Obama (older generation). For the younger generation: Jeremih, dude from get out, Jake from State Farm, Chance the Rapper, G Herbo, Chief Keef, Lil Durk, and many more. I have so much Respect for my people. Chicago has a lot of Diamonds in the Rough.
Maurice and Verdine White were born in Memphis.
I freaking LOVE this interview. Two amazing women. Luenell is such a natural. And Chaka is MY QUEEN!!!
This was a fantastic interview! Lunell is so good in the interviewer chair and Chaka is so honest, charming and really beautiful.
Been waiting on the whole thing to drop for a week.
Who interviewed Chaka Khan what’s her name person interview Chaka Khan
Gale Dukes Lunell. She’s a comic and an actress. She’s been interviewed by Vlad. If you thought she was interesting I’d suggest watching those. She’s got a good story.
I love how much she talks about people’s astrological signs
Right she sag and that statement was true aires sag are fire signs♈♐♐♐♐♐♐ We rule the spirit.
Javier Lopez Tapia i’m a Gemini. She would not trust me! 🤣
Team Aries💓
@@calebcostigan2561 No one does B!!
@@zayman9030 I love sags
She is so funny to me. It's like talking to your favorite aunt.
Great interview so natural. I felt like I was ear hustlin on my mama and aunts. Both Lunell and Chaka are treasures.
Chaka Baby..
This Interview that Lunelle did with you 💯
Are they making these women anymore? I mean damn. Feminine, strong, creative, respectful, powerful.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes, we're everywhere
Absolutely!
❤
I didn't think I could love her SO much more and yet here I am, truly blown away. Straight up Earth Goddess.
Thank you so much Luenell for your wonderful in depth respectful interview of an icon Queen" Chaka Khan".
It was like watching first cousins enjoying memories after a long absence. Soulful, educational and fun : >)
Lunell and Chaka was messy talking bout that versus. I cracked up
Quotable Moments..What Chu Talkin Bout Willis?!!!!!!
Finally 😏 I waited almost a whole month to watch Buster Douglas & Chaka Khan's interviews.
Right , I hate how he breaks it up in parts I be wanting the whole thing at one time lol
Such an amazing interview! I laughed the whole time. I didn’t realize Chaka Khan was so funny lol
I’m so happy this interview was done!
I’ve always loved your music Chaka and always will!!!! My beloved Dad (who is deceased) always played your music when we were little girls. My dad was a music major in College . We love you! ❤️
Love Chaka. She’s the real thing.
“I was not that kind of woman...EVER!” I know that’s right Queen!
My all-time favorite artist. Of all. First heard her my senior year in college and instantly fell in love with her voice. No one….no one can sing it like Chaka. Real vocalist. Nothing fake!! All Chaka. Wonderful interview. Takes me back to old college days and best fun of my life!
I'm an old school r&b soul funk loving brother that loves Chaka Khan's albums from Rufus to her solo career. A big fan of Chaka's music I mean that woman is extremely talentive.
Put some Respeck on Chaka's name. Everlasting Love live is anything and everything these kids need to see! Chaka used to go innnnnnnnnnnn!
R-E-S-P-E-C-K!!!!!
Chaka is still going in. Like Sugar was in heavy rotation the last two years.
Luenell made another great interview 🔥🔥🔥🔥
She is still going in. 💋
@spazarella poet
I agree, she got Chaka in a relaxed mood, and to talk almost like there was no camera on them.
17:24 “They needed something else.. and it turned out to be me 😁” gotta love her LMFAO 😹
THIS WOMAN IS A GOAT EVERY THING THAT SHE TOUCHED BACK IN THE DAY TURNED TO GOLD HER MUSIC HAS GOTTEN ME THROUGH MANY HEART BREAKS I GREW UP LISTENING TO CHAKA KHAN AND UNTIL TODAY THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS THAT STATUS ALSO IS OUR OTHER BELOVED ANGEL WHITNEY HOUSTON AND MAY SHE RIP
Preach
and both these women are fire signs.
She was right her voice being like a instrument. " She has a voice like a Fender Stratocaster that Hendrix played" Very Unique !!!
Memphisboy7 I’m in Jackson. Hey man
I love when she tells vlad “who cares” at the end lol 😂. Great interview. Ms. khan is a legend and most definitely one of the greatest vocalist to ever do it
Awesome, this is royalty indeed! Two of my favorite queens, Luenell & Chaka Khan 👑 👑 Way before Beyoncé, there was Chaka Khan👸🏾👸🏾✊🏾👊🏽
An excellent interview! My wife and I were dating way back in 1974 when we fell in love with this woman and her awesome talent!
Chaka kahn is a loving decent human being, who has a beautiful voice.
This is my favorite interview this year 💜🙏💯💪
I am so glad that I had the time to watch all of this interview. I love both women and it was like listening to the wisdom between them and the legacy of the business. A+!
djvlad, thank you so much for sharing the Chaka Khan interview with us. Thank you, Chaka for sharing with us a special part of you.❤️❤️👍👍
"Heavy is the head the wears the crown!" 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌Wow! So inspired queen!!!!!! Receive your flowers living Legend!!!!!!!!!! Respect&salute!!!!!! Thankyou for paving the way! Setting the standard&the trends! Matter of fact, you are the Standard! & no one has & will ever fill those shoes. Moving in true & fullswing uniqueness🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Pretty lady with a huge smile. I still love her style, beauty. and iconic music. I have a Chaka Khan Millinium Collection Cd . This is iconic.
Chaka looks fantastic! The red hair becomes her and I love her realness as much as I love her music!
Chaka your the only one who stands up for Whitney! Thank you 💖 💖😊
I knew Miles Davis very well. Hung out at his house on upper West Side side of NY at a few Jazz Jam sessions. He read music with the best of them. While he appreciated musicians who had sharp ears, he had another dimension of respect for those who could read music and had a great grasp of theory. I've always admired Chaka's gift.
Doris Spears: And Miles definitely loved Chaka too!
@@SmartRobot-wc2fb So do I.
No you didn't
@Doris
Yeah. Miles Davis went to Juliard, so of course he could read music. However, you get Chaka's point, a lot of great musicians (especially the last few decades in Pop music) did not read music. Nonetheless, Chaka and Miles were great friends as well, and they really respected and liked each others musics and gifts.
Maybe the best Chaka interview EVER. Lunell, you are amazing. Chaka, I love you. Thank you for sharing your gifts.
Excellent!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
The key is to listen, because having followed her as a Celebrity, if we didn’t hear it from her, many things of her experience, I would have never imagined any of her accomplishments; only the ones that was delivered by record releases and record sales. We ❤️ you Chaka Khan.
This was a great interview. Could have been even longer. You can tell when Chaka is into what she is doing and she was enjoying this.
Chaka is hilarious with her facial expressions! She is not with the shits!! She is a true Queen!! Now, I must go purchase one of those cute fans!!
I had the privilege of meeting her, in San Diego, CA. Through a family friend Doug. They use to date and she went to his class reunion. Morse High School. And she stated that would be her first reunion. Because she did not graduate. She was so beautiful...And wholesome, and Doug is a good guy. Possibly 15 years her junior.🥰
@April sailor She stole a gun off a cop🤣🤣She is wit da shits💪💪😁😁😂!
@@rockstarreactions5129 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@bigvalley4987 that’s beautiful!!
I don't like listening to vlad give interviews almost unsubscribe.. Refreshing to hear someone else
I hate vlads interviews. LOVE WHO he interviews. It’s always been that way. I hope luenell gets her own shit going.
It seems like he tries to case up the interviewees, if you don't have media training or the gift of deflection and not taking the bait you'll be in a world of trouble, you really know how to navigate his interviews.
It's so fun to know how your favorite performer/artist is into astrology 😀. Chaka Khan is the embodiment of a bold and daring Aries ♈
I’ve only seen parts of this interview on TikTok until now. When I say Luenell kilt this interview, she really bodied it. She is such a talented and funny lady. I hope this opens doors for her that have never been open. She truly deserves some superstardom. She’s unafraid and no holes barred, and I love it. He interview skills a impeccable and she captures something in Chaka Khan that I’ve never seen before. [Maybe I haven’t watch enough interviews with Mrs. Chaka Khan.] At any rate, they are magical together in this interview.