Ten-time Grammy winner Chaka Khan received the 2,240th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of recording artist recently.

Khan has won ten Grammy Awards since being introduced as the front woman for the funk band Rufus in the early 1970s. Chaka Khan’s real name is Yvette Marie Stevens. She is 58 years old.
Superstar singer and song writer Stevie Wonder, who penned Chaka Khan’s first hit with the group, Rufus was on hand at the Walk-of-Fame ceremony. Wonder wrote the award winning song “Tell Me Something Good,” for Khan’s band.

Rufus had other hit songs including “Once You Get Started,” “Everlasting Love,” and “Ain’t Nobody.”

Later, Chaka Khan broke with the band and launched a solo career with songs such as “I’m Every Woman,” written by Ashford & Simpson. Other solo songs include “Clouds,” “What’Cha Gonna Do For Me?” and the hit song “I Feel For You,” written by Prince.

In 1999, Chaka Khan established the Chaka Khan Foundation. In a partnership with the Los Angeles Unified School District, the organization supports mentoring middle school students who are college bound.

John Muir Middle School Principal Miranda Ra’off and student Tempest Brown attended the Walk-of-Fame ceremony.