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Chaka Khan: ‘Someone said there were too many black people in our band. He put some white guys on stage with us’
The singer on being impatient, mourning the death of the planet, and why sleep is her favourite thing
Born in Illinois, Chaka Khan, 71, joined the funk band Rufus in her teens and had hits with Tell Me Something Good and Ain’t Nobody. This summer she curates Meltdown at the Southbank Centre, and performs at Nocturne Live at Blenheim Palace and at the Love Supreme jazz festival. When Rufus first came out, it was all white guys and myself, but then the band changed and Tony Maiden, Bobby Watson and Andre Fischer came in.
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