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I'd been in a vicious cycle and circle of people and couldn't see my way out. So I picked myself up one day about 15 years ago and moved where I didn't know anyone.
Chaka Khan
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Chaka Khan
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: March 23
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Chicago
Illinois
Yvette Marie Stevens
Rufus & Chaka Khan
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