Recently invited to react on the ranking RollingStone oh how controversial the 200 best singers of all time in the podcast The Originals, Chaka Khan did not have his tongue in his pocket. Discovering that fifth place had gone to Mariah Carey, the 69-year-old singer wondered if the diva hadn’t bribed the editorial staff of the magazine, before being surprised to see Adele in front of Mary J. Blige.
Rather malicious reactions for which the interpreter of Ain’t Nobody eventually apologized in a long post posted on Instagram.
A gift
“I was pitted against other artists and took the bait instead of questioning the need for such a list,” Chaka Khan wrote in his post. “As artists, we are unfairly categorized and put into boxes, categories or lists,” she continued. Being an artist or a musician is not a competition. It is a gift, for which I am truly grateful. »
This is already more measured, even if it will take more to calm the reactions provoked by this arbitrary classification openly intended to raise controversy.