TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Former Republican Kansas governor and plastic surgeon Jeff Colyer is about to add Chaka Khan backup singer to his resume.

Colyer is part of a student and faculty choir that will join the "Queen of Funk" on stage for a Martin Luther King Day event hosted by Georgetown University at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, The Kansas City Star reports.

"I get to be a backup singer for Chaka Khan. That's pretty cool," said Colyer, who was was a fellow at Georgetown's Institute of Politics and Public Service during the fall semester.

The performance will include a piece comp...