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Chaka

British

/ ˈʃaka /

noun

a variant spelling of Shaka

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This year's ceremony takes place in LA on Sunday, with everyone from Harry Styles to Chaka Khan due to attend.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026

Later on, they developed a bright and melodic take on dancehall with the duo Chaka Demus & Pliers, scoring hits with songs such as Tease Me and Murder She Wrote in the early 1990s.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

Yet they were also influential in pushing reggae into modernity, using digital instrumentation on Chaka Demus & Pliers’ 1993 smash “Murder She Wrote” and grafting their textures into the Fugees’ bestselling LP “The Score.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

I knew Clare from the Rufus and Chaka Khan records and the Prince records, and I’d always wanted to use him.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2025

It was Chaka who granted the land, or rather, leave to settle on the land, to Lieutenant Farewell.

From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by Adams, H.C.

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