The Queen of Funk is referred to as Chaka Khan.

The woman born Yvette Stevens in Chicago, Illinois on March 23, 1953, according to Biography, has been entertaining us for generations with everything from her time in Rufus to her contemporary songs.

Her 1983 single, “Ain’t Nobody,” is one of her most well-known tracks, according to PlanetRadio. In addition to peaking at No. 1, the song also reached No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 rankings.

In the world of hip-hop, her songs have also been sampled. Kanye West is the man who famously sampled her 1984 smash “Through the Fire” and converted it into the ground-breaking song “Through the Wire” off his album “The College Dropout.”

With “I Feel for You,” Khan became the first R&B singer to achieve a crossover hit that featured a rapper in 1984. Khan has amassed eleven Grammy Awards and a global record sales total of over 70 million albums

Who are Chaka Khan’s children?

The queen of funk has two children—a daughter named Indira Milini and a boy named Damien Holland.