Los Angeles, CA –Ten-time GRAMMY® Award winner Chaka Khan announces today the release of two versions of her first single, “It’s Not Over,” featuring GRAMMY® Award-winning recording artist LeCrae, available on iTunes today, February 14 with all other digital retailers to follow. Produced by Theron “Neffu” Feemster, “It’s Not Over” includes an urban version and […]
New York, NY — Bishop T. D. Jakes along with actress Halle Berry and musician Chaka Khan will be honored at the 2013 BET Honors. The network announced they will also be honoring basketball star Lisa Leslie and music executive Clarence Avant at the Jan. 12 event in Washington at the Warner Theatre. The special […]
Los Angeles, CA — Ten-time GRAMMY® Award winner Chaka Khan tours Europe and Asia this month and November. Chaka will join the David Foster and Friends tour in November. Next year, 2013, marks the 40th anniversary of this music icon’s career in music and entertainment. The year-long celebration will include the release of new […]
Chaka Khan performs live. (Getty Images) If you know your music history from just about any musical genre, you’re already aware that legendary singer Chaka Khan has put her vocal touch on records spanning from jazz, R&B, funk, soul and even gospel. With next year marking her 40th year in the music business, she’s already […]
Oak Brook, IL — McDonald’s® announced today its list of honorees for the 2012 McDonald’s 365Black® Awards which includes multi-platinum and 10-time GRAMMY® award-winning recording artist Chaka Khan; global humanitarian, best-selling inspirational author/entrepreneur Bishop T.D. Jakes; GRAMMY-nominated R&B singer/songwriter Tamia and husband, professional NBA basketball player, Grant Hill; teenage inventor Tony Hansberry II; youth empowerment […]
Rev. Al Sharpton will take up the fight against New York City’s controversial stop-and-frisk policy with a Father’s Day march down a major Manhattan street. On Tuesday, Sharpton announced plans for the march in a press conference with elected officials and other community activists, the New York Daily News reports. “We are not against fighting […]
With the Rev. Al Sharpton leading the way, celebrities, civil rights activists and relatives of Trayvon Martin got together at a church in Los Angeles, Calif., recently to mark the two-month anniversary of the Florida black teen’s killing by a neighborhood watch volunteer. “There are Trayvons all over this country,” The Associated Press quoted the Rev. […]
The legendary Chaka Khan pulled out of honoring her close friend and former background singer, Whitney Houston, during the Grammy Awards as originally planned. After Houston’s unexpected death Saturday in the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Grammy producers immediately reached out to Jennifer Hudson and Chaka to perform a tribute to Houston. Though she initially agreed, after […]
The Gospel Albums this week give us a record breaking artist in the number 1 and number 2 positions and Chaka Khan is honored by UNCF.
