Chaka Khan Slams Rolling Stone's Best Singers List, Disses Mariah Carey, Adele, Mary J. Blige

The fuss eventually died down and we thought that was that. But then, Chaka Khan got wind of the list two months after it came out, and it has now caused some major eyebrow-raising again.

The 69-year-old singer actually made the list at a respectable number 29 – that’s three positions ahead of David Bowie, a.k.a. not bad at all!

During a recent appearance on The Originals podcast, Khan was congratulated by host Andrew Goldman for snagging a spot.

It turned out that was the first time she was hearing about it.

“I didn’t even know what the hell you were talking about, so obviously this don’t mean a great deal to me,” she told Goldman. “These people don’t quantify or validate me in any way.”

However, the Through the Fire hitmaker wanted to know who else made the list, and three names in particular caused some expletives to escape her lips.

First, reacting to Mariah Carey landing on number five, she said, “That must be payola or some s**t like that.”

Next, when she found out Adele had beaten her by several spots (the Easy on Me singer was named the 22nd greatest), Khan said, “Okay, I quit.”

But it was Mary J. Blige’s name that unleashed a profanity-laced rant directed at Rolling Stone’s editors.

“These b****es are blind as a motherf***ing bat! They need hearing aids. They don’t have hearing aids? They have no eyes. They have no ears. They must have a - these b****es, you know what? These must be the children of Helen Keller!” she exploded.

For a bit of context, Khan and Blige happen to be long-time frenemies, with a history going back two decades.

It began in 1992, when Blige did a cover of Sweet Thing, a 1975 song by funk and R&B band Rufus with Khan on vocals.

The cover was not good enough as far as the Ain’t Nobody singer was concerned. From then on, she would refer to Sweet Thing as “the song Mary J. Blige f***ed up.”

They eventually made peace and even collaborated on a song titled Disrespectful in 2007. With the Rolling Stone list, though, we wonder if there’s still some bitterness there.

On a positive note, there were some artists on the list that got Khan’s stamp of approval.

For example, Aretha Franklin was on the number one spot – “as she f***ing should be,” the I Feel for You singer exclaimed.

She also thought that Whitney Houston being named the second best singer was “great.”

On Beyoncé grabbing the number eight position, she said, “I’m not gonna comment on that. I don’t have anything to say about Beyoncé. She’s a great singer, okay? She really has opportunity to be a great singer. She has what it takes. She got the chops, she does, okay?”

The reason for that tinge of defensiveness? The outspoken artist allegedly called Beyoncé a b***h years ago – a rumor she denied.