Chaka Khan is not a fan of how Kanye West sampled her vocals on Through The Wire, calling the song stupid.Chaka Khan stopped by Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen on Wednesday and spoke out about Kanye West's use of her 1984 song "Through the Fire" on his 2004 track "Through the Wire." "The conversations went very differently than the song turned out. Obviously," she said. "... He called me when he just got out of the hospital. He said, 'You were so instrumental in my healing process. I had to change the words a little bit to the song, but I had to eat through a wire, you know, and I was wired shut, through a straw.'" "It meant that much to me and it really got my heart. It pulled... at my [heart] strings," she continued. "So I said, 'Yeah. Use it.' Then when it came out... I was pissed." Khan said she thought the song was "a little insulting," before clarifying her remarks. "Not insulting. I thought it was stupid," she said. "If I had known he was gonna do that I would've said, 'Hell no.'"
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