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This Is The One Singer Chaka Khan Would Do A Verzuz Battle With Not since Patti LaBelle and Gladys Knight took us down memory lane in September have two vocal legends participated in a Veruz battle. But with the right pairing, R&B funk icon Chaka Khan says she’d be open to going song for song with another singer on the show. ESSENCE spoke to Khan ahead of the release of Rhino Records’ limited-edition album of her work as part of a series of vinyl reissues and first-ever digit...al releases celebrating Black artists during Black History Month. Khan’s album, Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan, Vol 1, a beautiful Burgundy Vinyl, will be available on February 26. I’m happy to be a part of this whole thing, Khan told us, applauding the modern thinkers at the label who put the launch together. As for her favorite song among the 10 hits on the album, she says, ‘Aint Nobody’ is on there. That’s an all-time favorite of mine. That’s one song I still love to sing on stage. That song is still live. With music venues still largely being shut down due to COVID-19, Verzuz has been the main stage for music fans to see their favorite artists. On Twitter, users have suggested Khan face-off against legendary contemporaries such as Anita Baker, Tina Turner, or Diana Ross on the series, but the 67-year-old has someone else in mind. I was thinking about maybe doing one with Jazmine Sullivan. I would prefer to do something like that with a younger artist, you know? People who are multi-dimensional. Not the flat surface of the same people from the same time and era. It needs just a little more dimension. I would consider that. As for Twitter’s Verzuz Battle wish list, she says, Too bad. Check out our full interview with Chaka Khan in the video above.

Bruno Mars And Anderson .Paak’s Song Gets Legendary Endorsement From Anita Baker The R&B icon weighed in on Twitter after the artists’ new group, Silk Sonic, Legendary singer Anita Baker has nothing but sweet love for Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak’s new song, Leave the Door Open.... The eight-time Grammy-winner and R&B icon tweeted her admiration of the new track on Twitter early Friday morning, writing: That’s An Old School Love Song. That’s quite an endorsement considering the Sweet Love singer has made a number of gold and platinum albums in the 1980s and ’90s, topping R&B charts. Baker has expressed her admiration for Bruno Mars before. In 2013, she tweeted that the That’s What I Like singer was a triple threat. Singer/Songwriter/Live Performer... triple threat. KILLer! she wrote.

Larry King Nov. 19, 1933-Jan. 23, 2021 Legendary broadcaster Larry King died on Jan. 23 at the age of 87. It was reported early in 2021 that King, a multiple cancer survivor, had contracted coronavirus, and his sixth wife, Julia Alexander, told The Post that King’s cause of death was coronavirus. However, his wife Shawn later said what killed King was an infection, it was sepsis.... The former CNN star, who most recently worked for Ora Media, was for decades famed for his long-form sitdowns with the biggest celebrities and newsmakers. He interviewed every US president from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump.