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Chaka Khan received the Vanguard Award at the Black Women In Music 2026 event, presented By The Connie Orlando Foundation, recognizing her legendary status in the music industry and her lasting influence across genres and generations.

"I don’t know how long we’ve been trying to pull it together, but I think that Black women finally found the beauty within ourselves and each other,” Khan said. “I feel so overwhelmed right now, this evening, with high spirit. You know what I’m talking about. I don’t even know what to do with it. You know, I know that I am finally witnessing, feeling, smelling, hearing, listening to and being next to special people like me, very like-minded, we’re very alike, and it’s been never forever that I’ve been able to say that, or to feel that way about my sisters.”

“I want us to be in the trenches together, because that’s what’s coming, that’s what’s happening. This madness that we are witnessing right now all over the planet, we got a lot of work to do, there are lots to do, but I would rather do it. I wouldn’t rather do it with anybody else but y’all.” she said during her speech.

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