<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For many hip hop heads, when #KanyeWest’s “Through the Wire,” from his “College Dropout” album dropped in ‘03, it was an instant classic.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The song from the golden age of Kanye even earned him a #Grammy nomination but come to find out, the inspiration behind the song wasn’t very happy with it initially.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kanye’s song sampled legend #ChakaKhan’s 1985 mega hit “Through the Fire” and now more than a decade later, Chaka is letting people know how she really feels about the sample after she gave Kanye her blessing to use her song. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I was pissed,” Chaka said during a recent appearance on #Bravo’s “Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen.” “It was a little insulting. Not insulting, I thought it was stupid. If I&#8217;d known he was gonna do that, I would have said, &#8216;Hell no.'&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chaka said the song turned out very differently than she had expected. She admits to originally giving Kanye permission to sample her song after they spoke on the phone following his infamous car accident.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“He called me when he just got out of the hospital,” Chaka said. “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 strings. I was like, &#8216;Yeah, use it.'&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She described that the sped up pace of the “Through the Fire” chorus in Kanye’s song as what she was most upset about.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When Andy asked Chaka if Kanye ever knew about her thoughts on his song, she said no but she said she gave him “crickets” and felt her silence said it all.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sis did however say she got a little coin from Kanye’s song.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What are your thoughts on this one, Roommates? Let us know!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">TSR STAFF: Christina C! @cdelafresh</span></p>
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