Singer Chaka Khan enters rehab to fight addiction to fentanyl, same drug that killed friend Prince

Singer Chaka Khan has entered a drug rehabilitation programme to battle her addiction to the powerful drug fentanyl, and Khan says the death of her good friend Prince helped hasten her decision to get help.

In a statement released Sunday, the 63-year-old Grammy-winner said she has been battling an addiction to the same medication that led to Prince’s death. Prince was found dead at his Minnesota home April 21. An autopsy found he died of an overdose of fentanyl, an opioid painkiller.

“Unfortunately, I will miss concert appearances over the summer,” she said. “However, it’s vital that I put my health and well-being first. I know that I am disappointing some of my fans, but I also know they would want me to recover and be well and healthy.”

Khan has entered an intensive rehabilitation and aftercare programme with sister, Yvonne Stevens, also known as Taka Boom.

Khan said the pair “agreed we would take this journey together and support each other through the recovery.”