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Chaka Khan

Chaka Khan in 2012

Background information
Birth name Yvette Marie Stevens
Also known Chaka Adunne Aduffe Yemoja
as Hodarhi Karifi Khan
Born March 23, 1953 (age 69)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Genres
R&Bsoulfunkpopdiscojaz
zgospel
Occupation(s) Singersongwriter
Years active 1970–present
Labels ABCWarner
Bros.RepriseMCANPGB
urgundy
Website chakakhan.com
Yvette Marie Stevens (born March 23, 1953), better known by her
stage name Chaka Khan, is an American singer. Her career has
spanned more than five decades, beginning in the 1970s as the lead
vocalist of the funk band Rufus. Known as the "Queen of Funk",[1] Khan
was the first R&B artist to have a crossover hit featuring a rapper, with "I
Feel for You" in 1984.[2] Khan has won ten Grammy Awards and has
sold an estimated 70 million records worldwide.[3]

With Rufus, she achieved four gold singles, four gold albums, and two
platinum albums. In the course of her solo career, Khan achieved
three gold singles, three gold albums, and one platinum album with I
Feel for You. She has collaborated with Ry Cooder, Robert Palmer, Ray
Charles, Quincy Jones, Guru, Chicago, De La Soul, Mary J. Blige,
among others. In December 2016, Billboard magazine ranked her as the
65th most successful dance artist of all time.[4] She was ranked at No.
17 in VH1's original list of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll.
[5] She has been nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame three times as a solo artist and four times as a member
of Rufus featuring Chaka Khan;[6] the first time in 2012 as a member of
Rufus.
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Early life[edit]
Yvette Marie Stevens was born on March 23, 1953, into an
artistic, bohemian household in Chicago, Illinois. The eldest of five
children born to Charles Stevens and Sandra Coleman, she has
described her father as a beatnik and her mother as "able to do
anything". She was raised in the Hyde Park area, "an island in the
middle of the madness" of Chicago's rough South Side housing projects.
[7] Her sister Yvonne later became a successful musician in her own
right under the name Taka Boom. Her only brother, Mark, who formed
the funk group Jamaica Boys and was a member of Aurra, also became
a successful musician. She has two other sisters, Zaheva Stevens and
Tammy McCrary.[8]

Khan was raised as a Catholic. She attended the elementary school of

Saint Thomas the Apostle Church[9] in Hyde Park. She attributed her
love of music to her grandmother, who introduced her to jazz as a child.
Khan became a fan of rhythm and blues music as a preteen and at
eleven formed a girl group, the Crystalettes, which included her sister
Taka. In the late 1960s, Khan attended several civil rights rallies with her
father's second wife, Connie, a strong supporter of the movement, and
joined the Black Panther Party after befriending a fellow member, activist
and Chicago native Fred Hampton in 1967.[10] Though many think that
she was given the name Chaka while in the Panthers, she has made it
clear that her name Chaka Adunne Aduffe Hodarhi Karifi was given to
her at age 13 by a Yoruba Baba. In 1969, she left the Panthers and
dropped out of high school, having attended Calumet High School and
Kenwood High School (now Kenwood Academy).[11] She began to
perform in small groups around the Chicago area, first performing
with Cash McCall's group Lyfe, which included her then-boyfriend
Hassan Khan. Chaka and Hassan married in 1970.

She was asked to replace Baby Huey of Baby Huey & the

Babysitters after Huey's death in 1970. The group disbanded a year
later. While performing in local bands in 1972, Khan was spotted by two
members of a new group called Rufus and soon won her position in the
group, replacing her good friend Paulette McWilliams, who had recently
left the group. The group caught the attention of musician Ike
Turner who flew them out to Los Angeles to record at his studio Bolic
Sound in Inglewood, California. Turner wanted Khan to become
an Ikette; she declined stating she was "really happy with Rufus. But
Ike's attention was certainly a boost."[12]

Career[edit]
1973–1978: Early career with Rufus[edit]
Main article: Rufus (band)
In 1973, Rufus signed with ABC Records and released their eponymous
debut album. Despite their fiery rendition of Stevie Wonder's "Maybe
Your Baby" from Wonder's acclaimed Talking Book and the modest
success of the Chaka-led ballad "Whoever's Thrilling You (Is Killing
Me)", the album failed to gain attention. That changed when Wonder
himself collaborated with the group on a song he had written for Khan.
That song, "Tell Me Something Good", became the group's
breakthrough hit, reaching No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1974, later
winning the group their first Grammy Award. The single's success and
the subsequent follow-up, "You Got the Love", which peaked at No. 11
on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on the R&B chart, helped their
second parent album, Rags to Rufus, go platinum, selling over a million
copies. From 1974 to 1979, Rufus released six platinum-selling albums
including Rufusized, Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan, Ask Rufus, Street
Player and Masterjam. Hits the group scored during this time included
"Once You Get Started", "Sweet Thing", "Hollywood", "At Midnight (My
Love Will Lift You Up)", and "Do You Love What You Feel".

The band gained a reputation as a live performing act, with Khan

becoming the star attraction, thanks to her powerful vocals and
stage attire—which sometimes included Native American garb and
showing her midriff. Most of the band's material was written and
produced by the band itself with few exceptions. Khan has also been
noted for being an instrumentalist playing drums and bass; she also
provided percussion during her tenure with Rufus. Most of her
compositions were collaborations with guitarist Tony Maiden. Relations
between Khan and the group, particularly between her and drummer
Andre Fischer,[who?] became stormy. Several members left with nearly
every release. While Khan remained in the group, she signed a solo
contract with Warner Bros. Records in 1978. While Khan was busy at
work on solo material, Rufus released three albums without her
participation including 1979's Numbers, 1980's Party 'Til You're Broke,
and 1983's Seal in Red.

1978–1983: Early solo career and final years with

Rufus[edit]
In 1978, Warner Bros. Records released Khan's solo debut album, which
featured the crossover disco hit, "I'm Every Woman", written for her by
singers-songwriters Ashford & Simpson. The success of the single
helped the album go platinum, selling over a million copies. Khan also
featured on Quincy Jones's hit "Stuff Like That", also released in 1978,
which also featured Ashford & Simpson as co-writers, along with Jones
and several others. Ashford & Simpson performed with Khan on the
song.

In 1979, Khan reunited with Rufus to collaborate on the Jones-

produced Masterjam, which featured their hit "Do You Love What You
Feel", which Khan sang with Tony Maiden. Despite her sometimes-
acrimonious relationship with some of her bandmates, Khan and Maiden
have maintained a friendship over the years. In 1979. she
also dueted with Ry Cooder on his album Bop Till You Drop. That year,
she spent time working on her producing and writing skills at Ike Turner's
Bolic Sound studio. They had planned to record together.[13] In 1980,
while Rufus released Party 'Til You're Broke, again without Khan, she
released her second solo album, Naughty, which featured her on the
cover with her six-year-old daughter Milini. The album yielded the disco
hit "Clouds" and the R&B ballad "Papillon".

Also in 1980, Khan had a cameo appearance as a church choir soloist

in The Blues Brothers starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd. Khan
released two albums in 1981, the Rufus release, Camouflage and the
solo album What Cha' Gonna Do for Me. The latter album went gold.
The same year, Khan appeared on three tracks on Rick Wakeman's
concept album 1984. In 1982, Khan issued two more solo albums, the
jazz-oriented Echoes of an Era and a more funk/pop-oriented self-titled
album Chaka Khan. The latter album's track, the jazz-inflected "Be Bop
Medley", won Khan a Grammy and earned praise from jazz singer Betty
Carter who loved Khan's vocal scatting in the song.[14]

In 1983, following the release of Rufus's final studio album, Seal in Red,

which did not feature Khan, the singer returned with Rufus on a live
album, Stompin' at the Savoy - Live, which featured the studio single,
"Ain't Nobody", which became the group's final charting success
reaching No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number-one on the Hot
R&B chart, while also reaching the top ten in the United Kingdom.
Following this release, Rufus separated for good.

1984–1996: Solo success[edit]

In 1984, Khan released her sixth studio album, I Feel for You. The title
track, the first single released, was originally written and recorded
by Prince in 1979 and had also been recorded by The Pointer
Sisters and Rebbie Jackson. Khan's version featured a harmonica solo
by Stevie Wonder and an introductory rap by Grandmaster Melle Mel. It
became a million-selling smash in the U.S. and United Kingdom and
helped to relaunch Khan's career. "I Feel for You" topped not only the
U.S. R&B and dance charts, but achieved great success on the U.S. pop
chart and reached No. 1 in the U.K. The song reached No. 3 on
the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1984 and remained on that chart for
26 weeks, well into 1985. Additionally, it hit No. 1 on the Cash Box chart.
It was listed as Billboard′s No. 5 song for 1985 and netted Prince the
1985 Grammy Award for Best R&B Song. In addition to the song's
successful radio airplay and sales, a music video of Khan
with breakdancers in an inner-city setting enjoyed heavy rotation on
television and helped to solidify Khan's notoriety in popular culture.

Other singles that helped the I Feel For You album go platinum included

"This is My Night" and the ballad "Through the Fire", the latter of which
was also successful on the adult contemporary chart. Khan was featured
in Steve Winwood's 1986 number-one hit, "Higher Love". That same
year, a duet was planned with Robert Palmer for the song "Addicted To
Love". However, her manager declined to release the duet, citing the
desire not to have too much product from her in the marketplace at one
time. She was still credited for the vocal arrangements in the
album's liner notes, and the song became an international hit.[15] Khan
followed up the success of the I Feel For You album with
1986's Destiny and 1988's CK. Khan found more success in the late
1980s with a remix album, Life Is a Dance: The Remix Project, which
reached the top ten on the British albums chart. As a result, she
performed regularly in the U.K., where she maintained a strong fan
base.

In 1990, she was a featured performer on another major hit when she
collaborated with Ray Charles and Quincy Jones on a new jack
swing cover of The Brothers Johnson's "I'll Be Good to You", which was
featured on Jones's Back on the Block. The song reached No. 18 on the
Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on the R&B chart, later winning her and Ray
Charles a Grammy for Best R&B Vocal Performance By a Duo or Group.
Khan returned with her first studio album in four years in 1992 with the
release of The Woman I Am, which was a success due to the R&B
songs "Love You All My Lifetime" and "You Can Make the Story Right".
Around this time, Khan also did a duet with Peter Cetera on the song
"Feels Like Heaven," which was a minor success. .[16]
Khan also contributed to soundtracks and worked on a follow-up to The
Woman I Am she titled Dare You to Love Me, which was eventually
shelved. In 1995, she and rapper Guru had a hit with the duet "Watch
What You Say", in the U.K. That same year, she provided
a contemporary R&B cover of the classic standard, "My Funny
Valentine", for the Waiting to Exhale soundtrack. In 1996, following the
release of her greatest-hits album, Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan,
Vol. 1, Khan abruptly left Warner Bros. after stating the label had
neglected her and failed to release Dare You to Love Me.[17]

Chaka Khan in 1997

1998–2016[edit]
In 1998, Khan signed a contract with Prince's NPG Records label and
issued Come 2 My House, followed by the single "Don't Talk 2
Strangers", a cover of a 1996 Prince song. She later went on a tour with
Prince as a co-headlining act. In 2000, Khan departed NPG and she
released her autobiography Chaka! Through The Fire in 2003.[12] The
following year she released her first jazz covers album in twenty-two
years with 2004's ClassiKhan. She also covered "Little Wing" with Kenny
Olson on the album Power of Soul: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix.

In 2006, Khan was a featured vocalist on Arif Mardin's All My Friends

Are Here album of his life's work, also appearing in the companion
documentary The Greatest Ears In Town.[18][19] She performed a jazz
vocal for "So Blue", composed by Mardin in the '60s with lyrics written for
the project by Roxanne Seeman.[20]

After signing with Burgundy Records, Khan released what many critics

called a "comeback album" with Funk This, produced by Jimmy Jam and
Terry Lewis & Big Jim Wright. The album featured the hit, "Angel", and
the Mary J. Blige duet, "Disrespectful". The latter track went to No. 1 on
the U.S. dance singles chart, winning the singers a Grammy Award,
while Funk This also won a Grammy for Best R&B Album. The album
was also notable for Khan's covers of Dee Dee Warwick's "Foolish Fool"
and Prince's "Sign o' the Times". In 2008, Khan participated in
the Broadway adaptation of The Color Purple playing Ms. Sofia
to Fantasia Barrino's Celie.[21]

In December 2004, Khan was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music

from Berklee College of Music during the inauguration of its president,
Roger H. Brown.[22]

Khan performing in 2006

In a 2008 interview Khan said that she, unlike other artists, felt very
optimistic about the current changes in the recording industry,
including music downloading. "I'm glad things are shifting and artists –
not labels – are having more control over their art. My previous big
record company (Warner Bros.) has vaults of my recordings that haven't
seen the light of day that people need to hear. This includes Robert
Palmer's original recording of 'Addicted to Love' – which they took my
vocals off of! We are working on getting it (and other tracks) all back
now."[17] In 2009, Khan hit the road with
singers Anastacia and Lulu for Here Come the Girls.

In 2009, Khan was guest singer with the song "Alive"[23] on jazz
drummer Billy Cobham's album Drum ' n voice 3. In 2010, she
contributed to vocals for Beverley Knight's "Soul Survivor", collaborated
with Clay Aiken on a song for the kids show Phineas and Ferb, and
appeared as a featured artist on "One More Try" and a cover of her song
"Through the Fire" on Japanese-American singer-songwriter Ai's eighth
studio album The Last Ai. Both Khan and Ai were nominated for and
won the International Collaboration Special Award at the 2010 Billboard
Japan Music Awards for the two songs.[24] Khan continues to perform to
packed audiences both in her native United States and overseas.
On May 19, 2011, Khan was given the 2,440th Hollywood Walk of
Fame star plaque on a section of Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles.
Her family was present when the singer accepted the honor, as
was Stevie Wonder, who had written her breakout hit "Tell Me
Something Good". On September 27, 2011, the Rock & Roll Hall of
Fame committee announced that Khan and her former band Rufus were
jointly nominated for induction to the hall. It was the collective's first
nomination 13 years after they were first eligible. The group were
nominated partly due to Khan's own storied reputation, including her own
solo career in conjunction with her years with Rufus. Recently, Khan
rerecorded her song, "Super Life", under the title "Super Life: Fear Kills,
Love Heals" with Eric Benet, Kelly Price, and Luke James in tribute
to Trayvon Martin, a teenager who was killed on February 26. A number
of celebrities also joined in the recording including Loretta Devine, Terry
Crews, Eva Pigford, and reporter Kevin Frazier.

On December 6, 2012, Khan performed at a benefit for the Israeli

Defense Forces (IDF). The IDF originally invited Stevie Wonder,
however after a successful lobbying campaign by the US Campaign to
End the Israeli Occupation, Wonder withdrew and was replaced by Khan
who was able to raise $14 million for the IDF. This support contrasted
with her earlier support for the Black Panther Party that publicly
supported Palestine.[25][26][27]

On July 27, 2013, Khan was honored 40 years after signing her first
recording contract with a ceremonial renaming of Blackstone Avenue
between 50th and 51st street (where her former high school, Kenwood
Academy, sits) as Chaka Khan Way and on July 28 the city declared the
day Chaka Khan Day. She performed at Millennium Park's Pritzker
Pavilion on the 28th.[28] In August 2014, Khan served as grand marshal
at the 85th annual Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic in her hometown of
Chicago.[29]

On August 27, 2015, Khan was announced as one of the celebrities who
would compete on season 21 of Dancing with the Stars.[30] She was
paired with professional dancer Keo Motsepe.[31] Khan and Motsepe
were the first couple eliminated from the competition on September 21,
2015.[32] In July 2016, she canceled her upcoming concert
performances and entered rehab.[33]

2017-present: Hello Happiness and beyond[edit]

In June 2018 she released a new single called "Like Sugar", a
collaboration with Major Lazer member Switch. She later went on to
promote the single on the Ellen show.[34] "Like Sugar" is included on her
2019 album Hello Happiness. The album was released on February 15,
2019, and is her first album in twelve years.

Khan served as Grand Marshal in the 2019 Pasadena Tournament of

Roses Parade on January 1, 2019, in Pasadena, California.[35]

In October 2019, Khan was an honoree at Variety's "Power of Women"

luncheon for supporting Little Kids Rock.[36] Other honorees
were Mariah Carey, Jennifer Aniston, Brie Larson, Awkwafina, and Dana
Walden. In November 2019, Khan collaborated with Ariana Grande on
the song "Nobody" from the soundtrack Charlie's Angels.[37]

In 2020, Khan competed in season 3 of The Masked Singer as "Miss

Monster". She was eliminated and unmasked in the third episode.

Khan was invited to sing the National Anthem at the 2020 NBA All-Star
Game. Her rendition has been heavily criticized on Twitter, comparing it
to Fergie's rendition in 2018.[38]

In May 2021, Khan appeared at the season 19 American Idol finale,

where she performed a medley of her hits alongside the contestants.
[39] In June 2021, Khan joined YouTuber and performer Todrick Hall on
his album Femuline for the song "Fabulosity". In November 2021, Khan
participated in a Verzuz battle with singer Stephanie Mills, at which both
singers performed hits from their discography.[40]
Personal life[edit]
Khan has been married twice and is the mother of two, daughter Indira
Milini and son Damien Holland. Her first marriage was to Hassan Khan,
in 1970, when she was 17, which ended in divorce a short time later.
Milini's birth was the result of a relationship between Chaka Khan and
Rahsaan Morris.[8] Khan married her second husband, Richard Holland,
in 1976.[41] The marriage reportedly caused a rift between Khan and
several members of Rufus, in particular, Andre Fischer. Holland wanted
her to tone down her sexy stage image, but she refused. Following their
split in 1979, Khan spent time in the studio with Ike Turner who she said
was a "real inspiration and a catalyst emotionally and in other ways as
well" during that difficult time.[13] Holland filed for divorce in 1980, citing
"irreconcilable differences".[42][43] Khan dated a Chicago-
area schoolteacher in the mid-1980s in the middle of her solo stardom.
Following their separation, Khan moved to Europe, first settling in
London, later buying a residence in Germany. She lived in Germany for
a while "in a little village in the Rhine Valley" and also in Mannheim.[44]

Khan is vegan, saying she adopted the diet to lose weight and
combat high blood pressure and Type-2 diabetes.[45] In the past, Khan
struggled with drug abuse and alcoholism. Her drug use, which at times
included cocaine and heroin, ended in the early 1990s. Khan had an on-
and-off struggle with alcoholism until 2005, declaring herself sober.

In 2006, her son Damien Holland was accused of murder after 17-year-
old Christopher Bailey was shot dead. Khan testified on her son's behalf.
Holland claimed the shooting was an accident. He was acquitted in the
criminal trial and found liable in the civil suit.[46]

Though she sang at both the 2000 Democratic and Republican

conventions, Khan says that she is more of a "Democratic-minded
person".[47]

Khan was featured in a 2013 episode of Celebrity Ghost Stories where

she told the story of a shadow man who followed her on tour for years,
until she met a guardian angel who admonished her to change her life or
die.[48]

Khan was inducted as an honorary member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority,

Inc. in November 2020.[49]

Awards and nominations[edit]

Grammy Awards[edit]
To date, Khan has won ten Grammy Awards, including two as a member
of Rufus. She has received 22 Grammy Award nominations, including
three as a member of Rufus.[50]

Y
Award Res
ea Nominated work
category ult
r
197 "Tell Me Something Good" (as Best R&B
Won
5 Rufus) Vocal
Performance
197 by a Duo, Nomina
Ask Rufus (as Rufus) Group Or
8 ted
Chorus
197 Best R&B Nomina
"I'm Every Woman"
9 Vocal ted
198 Performance, Nomina
What Cha' Gonna Do for Me Female
2 ted
Best Jazz
198 Vocal Nomina
Echoes of an Era
3 Performance, ted
Female
Best R&B
Vocal
Chaka Khan Won
Performance,
Female
Best R&B
Performance
198
"Ain't Nobody" (as Rufus) by a Duo Or Won
4
Group With
Vocal
Best Vocal
Arrangement
"Be Bop Medley" (with Arif Mardin) Won
For Two Or
 Best R&B
Vocal
Chaka Khan Won
Performance,
Female
Best R&B
Performance
198
"Ain't Nobody" (as Rufus) by a Duo Or Won
4
Group With
Vocal
Best Vocal
Arrangement
"Be Bop Medley" (with Arif Mardin) Won
For Two Or
More Voices
198
"I Feel for You" Won
5
Best R&B
198 Vocal Nomina
I Feel For You
6 Performance, ted
Female
198 Nomina
Destiny
7 ted
Best R&B
Performance
199 "I'll Be Good to You" (with Ray
by a Duo Or Won
1 Charles)
Group With
Vocal
Best R&B
199 Vocal
The Woman I Am Won
3 Performance,
Female
Best Song
Written
199 Specifically for Nomina
"Love Me Still" (with Bruce Hornsby)
6 a Motion ted
Picture Or
Television
Best Pop
"Missing You" (with Brandy, Tamia Nomina
Collaboration
& Gladys Knight) ted
With Vocals
"Never Miss The Water" (with Nomina
199 Meshell Ndegeocello) Best R&B ted
7 Performance
"Stomp" (with Luke Cresswell, Fiona
Wilkes, Carl Smith, Fraser Morrison, by a Duo Or
Group With Nomina
Everett Bradley, Mr. X, Melle Mel,
Vocal ted
Coolio, Yo-Yo, Charlie Wilson,
Shaquille O'Neal & Luniz)
Best Female
199 Nomina
"Summertime" R&B Vocal
8 ted
Performance
 "Missing You" (with Brandy, Tamia Nomina
Collaboration
& Gladys Knight) ted
With Vocals
"Never Miss The Water" (with Nomina
199 Meshell Ndegeocello) Best R&B ted
7 Performance
"Stomp" (with Luke Cresswell, Fiona
Wilkes, Carl Smith, Fraser Morrison, by a Duo Or
Group With Nomina
Everett Bradley, Mr. X, Melle Mel,
Vocal ted
Coolio, Yo-Yo, Charlie Wilson,
Shaquille O'Neal & Luniz)
Best Female
199 Nomina
"Summertime" R&B Vocal
8 ted
Performance
Best
200 "What's Going On" (with The Funk Traditional
Won
3 Brothers) R&B Vocal
Performance
"Everyday (Family Best R&B
200 Nomina
Reunion)" (with Gerald Levert, Performance
7 ted
Yolanda Adams & Carl Thomas) by a Duo or
Group With
"Disrespectful" (with Mary J. Blige) Vocals Won
200
8 Best R&B
Funk This Won
Album

Soul Train Awards[edit]

• 1998: Recipient of the Lena Horne Award (Career Achievement)
• 2009: Recipient of the Legends Award (Career Achievement)
United Negro College Fund Award[edit]
• 2011: Recipient of the UNCF Award of Excellence
American Music Award nominations[edit]
To date, she has had four American Music Award nominations.

• 1985: Favorite Female Artist – Soul/Rhythm & Blues

• 1982: Favorite Female Artist – Soul/Rhythm & Blues
• 1981: Favorite Female Artist – Soul/Rhythm & Blues[51][52]
SoulMusic Hall of Fame at SoulMusic.com[edit]
• 2012: Inducted as Female Artist
UK Music Video Awards[edit]
• 2018: "Like Sugar" won Best Color Grading in a Video[53]
 • 2018: "Like Sugar" won Best Editing[53]
Billboard Japan Music Awards[edit]
• 2010: "One More Try", "Through the Fire" (with Ai) – International
Collaboration Special Award[24]
Discography[edit]
Main article: Chaka Khan discography
• Chaka (1978)
• Naughty (1980)
• What Cha' Gonna Do for Me (1981)
• Chaka Khan (1982)
• Echoes of an Era (1982)
• I Feel for You (1984)
• Destiny (1986)
• ck (1988)
• The Woman I Am (1992)
• Come 2 My House (1998)
• ClassiKhan (2004)
• Funk This (2007)
• Hello Happiness (2019)
Filmography[edit]
• The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story
• Khan as Choir Soloist, in the 1980 American musical comedy
film The Blues Brothers directed by John Landis. Starring John
Belushi and Dan Aykroyd
• Guest Judge on RuPaul's Drag U, Season 1 Episode 8, "A Star Is
Born Again"
• Phineas and Ferb: Summer Belongs To You! as herself (voice)
• Guest Judge on RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 12 Episode 8,
"Droop"
 • The One and Only Ivan as Henrietta (voice)
• The Masked Singer as Miss Monster
• Guest performer on American Idol Finale
• Hunter as Gina Vee (Season 3 Episode 10)
See also[edit]
• Rufus discography
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