Anita Baker: Last News

Anita Baker thanked Chance the Rapper for helping her to acquire her masters.In a video shared on social media, Baker gave a nod to the Chicago emcee – who was also in attendance – praising him for assisting her with such a monumental task.“You should say hello to a friend of mine by way of the music industry and by way of helping me, helping me to get a hold and ownership of my master recordings,” Baker said while pointing to Chance, who stood up as the crowd applauded.Tonight Ms. @IAMANITABAKER introduced @chancetherapper and acknowledged his helping her regain control of her master recordings! Wow! #AnitaBaker pic.twitter.com/GrSBpvDfJqIn a series of tweets, Baker and Chance had a conversation, beginning with Chance’s response to the initial video. The Grammy Award-winning creator of Coloring Book, lauded Baker’s performance, and also highlighted her impact on the music industry.“I saw one of THE greatest performances of my LIFETIME last night,” Chance wrote on Twitter.

Anita Baker has removed Babyface as the support act for her ‘The Songstress’ tour after receiving online “abuse” she suffered from his fans.The tour was announced to honour the 40th anniversary of Baker’s 1983 debut album, ‘The Songstress’.However, this week saw Baker take to Twitter to share her frustrations with Babyface performing longer than “contractually” obligated and also called him her “special guest/support act.” Fans of Babyface would then call Baker names and “harass” her following her comments on the singer-songwriter. This resulted in the ‘Caught Up In The Rapture’ singer asking him to “call off” his fans, whom she dubbed “Kenny’s Crazies.”Now, the Ohio singer has announced that Babyface will no longer be her opening act on tour from now on.

Anita Baker has been receiving criticism online from Babyface‘s fans, and asked the singer to “call off” the social media hate.Baker is currently on the ‘Songstress’ tour, her first tour in nearly 30 years, with Babyface supporting her. Last month, his opening set in Newark was cut short after starting nearly two hours late and Baker has complained about his sets being too long.Due to her complaints about the Indianapolis-born singer running over the allotted time, Anita Baker has received backlash online.On June 11, the BET Lifetime Achievement Award winner took to Twitter to explain her disappointment, alluding that Babyface is going over his contractual set time and making her late.Baker wrote, “It was 9:30pm.

Chance the Rapper for helping her regain control of her masters.At one point during her show at the Venetian Resort in Las Vegas on May 29, Baker paused to acknowledge Chance, who she’d spotted it in the crowd.“Would you guys say hello to a friend of mine, by way of the music industry, and by way of helping me to get ahold and ownership of my master recordings?” Baker said before pointing out Chance in the crowd, who stood up as the audience applauded.Chance later took to Twitter, sharing a video of the moment and writing, “I saw one of THE greatest performances of my LIFETIME last night! Thank you so much [Baker] for being an inspiration and an icon to so many of US”.“Had no idea you would be in our Midst,” Baker responded. “Such a nice Surprise.

Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan, Vol 1,” a beautiful Burgundy Vinyl, will be available on February 26. “I’m happy to be a part of this whole thing,” Khan told us, applauding the modern thinkers at the label who put the launch together. As for her favorite song among the 10 hits on the album, she says, “‘Aint Nobody’ is on there.