Chaka Khan touches on her ‘deep friendship’ with Prince and what they often bonded over 

by Fancis Ackhalbey, Face2FaceAfrica.com

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rammy-winning singer Chaka Khan recently opened up about her “deep friendship” with the late musician Prince and what they often bonded over.

Khan, 73, touched on the topic during an interview with Woman’s World. Before touching on her relationship with Prince, the I’m Every Woman singer told the magazine that her most special career accomplishments were the bonds she had formed with friends such as Stevie Wonder and Snoop Dogg.

“I met so many people that I’d grown up listening to, like Joni Mitchell. Or Miles Davis, who became one of my best friends,” Khan, whose real name is Yvette Marie Stevens, said. “When I did my jazz records, I recorded with musicians my dad loved to listen to, too. It meant a lot.” 

When Khan was then asked about her “deep friendship” with Prince, she said that she and the late singer usually bonded over music, reading and life. 

“We loved the same books,” she revealed. 

Prince, who was born Prince Rogers Nelson on June 7, 1958, died on April 21, 2016, in his Paisley Park estate in Minnesota at the age of 57.

The multiple award-winning musician and seven-time Grammy winner rose to fame in 1982 with his hit album, 1999. He went on to sell more than 100 million records and won an Oscar for Best Original Song Score for Purple Rain in 1985.

Years after his death, Prince remains relevant as his songs continue to receive airplay.

Elsewhere in the interview, Khan touched on her career, saying that though she believes “everyone has a calling,” not “everyone acknowledges it.”

“I found what my calling was. I also had a great-grandmother who was very spiritually connected,” Khan added.

“She was one of my favorite people in the whole world. She told me I was going to be world-known when I was just a kid. I didn’t know what she was talking about at the time. Then, years later, I was saying, ‘How am I going to support myself?’ Then I thought, ‘Here’s something I know I can do.’ So I worked on that. I joined a band. Sometimes callings are easy to access. But you just have to be open and stay open to it all.”