Best of full interview: Stephanie Mills, Patti LaBelle & Chaka Khan Talk Longevity, 'Diva' Stigma, Industry Standards + More
The Breakfast Club
The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
4.4 • 14.4K Ratings
🗓️ 1 January 2026
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Best of 2025- Queens - Stephanie Mills, Patti LaBelle & Chaka Khan Talk Longevity, 'Diva' Stigma, Industry Standards. Recorded 2025.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.7 | Every day I wake up. |
| 0:07.4 | The Breakfast Club. |
| 0:09.6 | We're all finished or y'all's done? |
| 0:11.6 | Morning, everybody. |
| 0:12.7 | It's DJ NV, Just Hilarious. |
| 0:15.1 | Sholomaine the Guy. |
| 0:16.0 | We are the Breakfast Club. |
| 0:17.1 | La Rosa is here with us as well. |
| 0:19.0 | And we got a special guest in the building today. No, these are icons. These are some icons. These are, these, I think legend is even an understatement. Okay? I can only think of three, one word, Queens. Yes, Queens. And then another word, icons. That's it. But there you have it. We have Stephanie Mills, Patty LaBelle, |
| 0:55.1 | and Shop the Con. Welcome. Come on now. Welcome. How are y'all feeling? Y'all look amazing. Thank you. We're happy to be here. We are. We're happy to be here. Good morning. Now, y'all are on the Queen's tour. Why couldn't this have happened decades ago? Like decades ago. why couldn't people put this together. |
| 0:56.2 | Weren't old enough. |
| 1:27.5 | Weren't old enough? Weren't old enough? No, I just think it wasn't the right time. I think this is definitely the right time. And Patty and Gladys and I have worked together, and I've always wanted to work with Shaka. So they came together and put it together, and I was like, yes, let's do it. Is there enough time for a show to have? Y'all have so many hits, so many records. How long is the show? How long is this concert? It's about two hours long. It's not long. We have quick, quick moments. We have like 50 minutes apiece. And you can Holly say hello and good night with that. |
| 1:28.6 | But that's what we do. |
| 1:29.5 | Man, man, man. We do it, man, man. |
| 1:30.5 | How do y'all decide who closes, though? |
| 1:31.9 | I feel like that might have been a little debate on who closes. |
| 1:34.6 | No, not really. |
| 1:35.5 | Shaka closes. |
| 1:37.4 | Okay. Miss Patty comes out. I like to open the show, but I can get that position. |
| 1:45.0 | Actually, it would be just like, oh, really. |
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