BY DIMAS SANFIORENZO • JUNE 27 2019

Kanye West’s first major single, “Through the Wire,” famously sampled Chaka Khan‘s “Through the Fire.” The song — in which West details the car accident that broke his jaw over sped up Chaka Khan vocals — would go on to become one of the rapper’s most iconic songs.

It turns out not everyone loved the track, however. One person who wasn’t a fan: Chaka Khan herself.

He called me when he just got out of the hospital. He said, “You were so instrumental in my healing process. I changed the words a little bit to the song but I had to eat through a wire. Jaws wired shut through a straw.” It meant that much to me. It really got my heart, tugged at my string. I was like, yeah, use it.

She then says she heard the song and didn’t like it. In the interview, it was clear that she was not a fan of how the song sped up her vocals.

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