The organizers of the annual Black Girls Rock Gala, which will broadcast via the newly launched BGR!TV Network on June 18th, have announced that the queen of funk, Chaka Khan, is confirmed and will be performing.

The event will also feature: Alice Smith, Maimouna Youssef aka MuMu Fresh, DC’s all-woman band Bela Dona, gospel singer Tasha Cobbs Leonard and others. It will be hosted by actress Tatyana Ali and hip-hop legend MC Lyte.