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The 63-year-old vocalist has struggled with a dependence on
prescription pain medications and has "voluntarily entered the
program to get healthy and stay that way," the statement said,
though it did not say when or where treatment began.
The treatment was described only as "an addiction rehabilitation
and aftercare program" that would require her to "postpone all
dates scheduled for the month of July."
"As part of the ongoing outpatient treatment the doctors have
urged her to resume recording mid-July and commence all
performances beginning August 1st and onward," according to the
statement posted on Sunday.
Khan, who first gained fame in the 1970s as the lead female
vocalist for the funk band Rufus, launched her solo career with
the 1978 smash hit "I'm Every Woman."
Her 1984 chart-topping version of the song "I Feel For You,"
from the hit album of the same name, was written and first
recorded by Prince and is widely credited as the first R&B track
to feature a rap, which was performed by Grandmaster Melle Mel.
Prince, a longtime friend and collaborator with Khan, died in
late April from an accidental overdose of the powerful opioid
painkiller fentanyl. He was 57.
(Reporting by Steve Gorman; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)
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