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Music legend Chaka Khan (nee Yvette Marie Stevens) was just lately inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2023, and the milestone second will air throughout the induction ceremony on ABC on January 1. The achievement comes amid a really monumental profession — she’s received a whopping 10 Grammy Awards between 1975 and 2008, out of twenty-two nominations. In 1998, she was honored with the Lena Horne Career Achievement Award on the Soul Train Awards, and she garnered the same honor in 2009 because the distinguished recipient of the Legends Career Achievement Award.
Behind the scenes, Chaka, 70, holds an much more vital position — that of mom, grandmother, and nice grandmother. Find out what we learn about her two youngsters beneath.
Indira Millini
Indira Millini was born to Chaka and Rahsaan Morris in 1973 — after Chaka launched into a brief marriage to Hassan Khan that led to 1971. She clearly loves her solely daughter, and on December 21, 2020, she took to Instagram to pay tribute to her on her birthday. “Happy Happy BornDay to my baby girl Indira Khan (I’m the only one who calls her Milini) Love You,” she captioned the candy montage of throwback pics.
And in a 2015 Facebook publish, Chaka gushed over her gifted daughter forward of a film position. “So proud of my daughter, Indira Milini Khan, rocking it as me for the upcoming Miki Howard movie!!” she captioned a photograph of her daughter in a make-up chair having her hair accomplished.
Indira is credited as having a job within the 2016 movie, Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story. She’s additionally a musical artist, having inherited her mom’s highly effective voice.
Damien Holland
Chaka welcomed her son, Damien Holland, now 44, with second husband Richard Holland, whom she married in 1976. Damien has seemingly led a troubled life — he was accused of homicide within the 2006 taking pictures dying of a teen named Christopher Bailey, although he was acquitted, claiming it was unintended and occurred throughout a dispute. His mom reportedly testified on his behalf on the trial.
Though the felony trial failed to supply a conviction, a civil trial discovered him liable within the dying of Bailey, and he was ordered to pay 1.3 million in a wrongful dying go well with. And in 2015, TMZ reported that Damien was booked for possession of a stolen car after being noticed by police in a stolen Audi Q5 in Beverly Hills. He was with Jason Davis, the grandson of Marvin Davis on the time.
Chaka was awarded custody of Damien’s daughter in 2011, per TMZ, when she was 10 years previous.
What Has Chaka Khan Said About Family?
Though little else is thought about her household life, in a December 2023 interview, she admitted she has nice grandchildren and desires to spend extra time with them. “Some people, that’s all they have, you know?” she defined about not touring sooner or later throughout an interview with Rolling Stone. “I got this rich-a** life. I’ve got great-grandchildren I want to get to know better. So I will not do another tour.”
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