Chaka Khan Talks of Past Drug Addiction at Essence Festival

Chaka Khan is one of the greatest female performers to ever grace the stage,.. and make me wish I was a microphone,..all these racist comments about her on here just reflect the mentality and mind set of a majority of so called americans,.I'm surprised nobodys blamed President Obama yet on here for her drug addiction,.....wait for it,......but all you ignorant , talentless, no dancing, cant find the beat ass haters can kiss her entire as_,the woman's history speaks for itself, she's simply one of the greatest,..and thats the bottom line,.lets see how long Lady Gag-ga career lasts,.5,4,3,2,1,....times up,.......and congrats Chaka for admitting you've gone" Thru the fire",.you havent walked alone,..I got some burnt clothes too,..Blessings

Lets see...she made millions and a lot of it went up her nose. Freddy Mercury made millions and died taking it in the rear. What do these rock stars know that we don't?

This is not news. Anyone who saw her in concert in the 80s already knew of her druggie past. I remember her being so high she was stumbling and struggling to read the names of the songs which were taped in big letters on the floor of the stage. But I still love her because she can sing like no one else. You know her voice as soon as the 1st note comes out-- very distinctive and soulful and FABULOUS. Have all her CDs, know all the words to her songs. Love you Chaka !!!

I was a 17 year old DJ at a teen center on Clark Air Base in the Philippines when Chaka Khan made a forced USO visit to our base back in the 1980's. I had always loved Rufus and Chaka Khan, and her hit "Ain't Nobody" was one of my favorite R&B singles of all time, not to mention "I Feel For You" with GM Melle Mel's cameo.

Suffice it to say that Ms. Khan was neither gracious nor modest in the least bit. Here we were basically marooned on an island nation which didn't want us there, over 10,000 miles away from home, and we finally had a cool artist visit our Teen Center. The Morale, Welfare and Recreation commander, a Colonel, presented her with an hand-crafted ebony wood and glass plaque to show our appreciation and to commemorate her first, and only, visit to our American home away from the "world."

She got on the microphone, and proceeded an obscenity-laced tirade spouting, "UNLESS YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE ME GODDAMN GOLD OR DIAMONDS, OR SOME ******* MONEY, I DON'T WANT YOUR WORTHLESS GIFTS! WHAT IS THIS SH!T!"

We were all taken aback. I mean she didn't understand that not only we were a very diverse, progressive and integrated community from all over the USA, but 70% of the kids had such a reverence for Hip Hop culture and R&B music that we were livid, and booed her out of the club. Oblivious c*nt.

Later we learned that she was forced by a judge to do the tour as "punishment" for being busted with cocaine. Look, we partied like no ones business in that 3rd World Country, but freakin' pill-popping, coke and heroin fiends were/are WEAK, WEAK, WACK!

Does she think that all those kids and adults forgot that BS!!!

That the bit(h supposedly just quit drugs 7 years ago, just goes to prove that in an unfair world, where narcissists usually can get away with murder over-and-over, that sh!t ain't changing at all. Plus, her "punishments" taught her jack.

If you need coke, booze, heroin, ice/crank and/or pills to fuel your "creativity" and then lose it when you get straight, then know that you were never creative, the drugs were. She's just another imbecile with one gift. You dolts go ahead and jock these one-dimensional "talents" and half-a$sed humans.

F-ck the imbecilic heifer, for da' reals!!!!

i really dont have to say anything slapyomomma1 said it all slapyomma1 spoke for alot of us and told it like it is

Chaka KHAAAAAAAAAAN!

I had a chance to sing backup for Miss Khan in Hawaii some years back (and she was a warm, wonderful and gracious leader - a consummate pro) and have had the pleasure of seeing her in concert three times in the last four years here in Osaka Japan and I need to say that she is AMAZING!!! I have a lot of musical heros, but she is the ONLY ONE who can sing JUST A GOOD if not BETTER than when she was on drugs!! She sings everything live in the same keys with twice the energy of her already brilliant recordings. In my opinion, she is one of the true survivors who is TOTALLY under-celebrated. I haven't always been, but I am now going on record as not only a huge fan, but someone who respects this amazing artist and her ability to shed light on her past and still BRING it in EVERY concert!! Long live the beautiful, resilient and talented singer, writer and philanthropist , Chaka Khan!!!

Correction, the song is "Through the Fire" not wire...lol

will always love me some chaka. Now I grew up wit.

gee is anyone surprised? thats how these artisits create such fine work????~~~~!