March 3rd 2023.
On a podcast episode of Los Angeles Magazine's The Originials, renowned soul singer Chaka Khan had some strong words for a few of the performers on Rolling Stone's "The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time" list.
When conversing with the host, Andrew Goldman, Khan, whose hits range from “I'm Every Woman” to “I Feel For You,” learned she was placed at number 29 on the list.
“I hadn't heard anything about this, so it doesn't mean much to me,” she responded. “These people don't quantify or validate me in any way.”
She then asked who else was on the list and at what position.
When finding out that the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, was at the top spot, she replied, “As she f**king should be!” But when discovering Mariah Carey was number five, the shade was immediate: “That must be payola or some sh*t like that.”
When folk legend Joan Baez came up on the list at #189, the soon-to-be 70-year-old R&B icon gave her a backhanded compliment: “Let's be honest, the b**** cannot sing. Now, she was a good writer.” And with Adele sliding in at number 22, she exclaimed, “OK, I quit.”
Khan saved her most cutting remarks for Mary J. Blige. She has reportedly insulted Blige in the past when she was said to have introduced the classic 1975 Rufus ballad, “Sweet Thing,” as “the song Mary J. Blige f**ked up.” Blige covered the song for her 1992 debut album, What's the 411?
When learning Blige was ahead of her at number 25, she dissed the editors at Rolling Stone: “They are blind as a motherf**king bat! They need hearing aids…These must be the children of
Helen Keller!”
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