The Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame introduced its 2024 nominees on Saturday (February 10) and two legendary Hip-Hop acts are on the checklist—A Tribe Referred to as Quest and Eric B. & Rakim. Others on the poll embody Sade, Sinéad O’Connor, Peter Frampton, Jane’s Habit, Foreigner, Mary J. Blige, Cher, Kool & the Gang, Lenny Kravitz, Oasis, Ozzy Osbourne, Dave Matthews Band and Mariah Carey.
As defined in a press launch, the inductees might be introduced on the finish of April, whereas the ceremony might be held in Cleveland—the house of the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame—in November.
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In an interview with AllHipHop, Eric B. talked concerning the duo’s second nomination, saying, “Possibly it’ll occur this time. I really feel nice about it. Let me inform you, anytime anyone nominates you or thinks about you, you need to really feel nice. I feel it’s a very long time coming. We’re all righteous guys and women, so it’s on God’s time, not our time. I’d be simply as appreciative if I received it the primary time, so it’s nice.”
When requested if he thought the Rock Corridor was doing a great job of together with Hip-Hop, he replied, “All people can poke holes at any person else’s operation, and I might by no means try this. They’ve their very own course of. I might by no means throw rocks on the Corridor. That is their establishment, they constructed it, so that they do it their approach and I respect the method.”
The 2024 ceremony will as soon as once more stream dwell on Disney+ with a particular airing on ABC at a later date and accessible on Hulu the following day. The 2023 Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame Induction Ceremony streamed dwell on Disney+ for the primary time ever; the particular on ABC reached greater than 13 million viewers throughout linear and streaming, and ABC’s New 12 months’s Day telecast was the No. 1 leisure selection amongst Adults 18-49.
To be eligible for nomination, a person artist or band will need to have launched its first industrial recording a minimum of 25 years previous to the yr of nomination. Ten of the 15 nominees are on the poll for the primary time, together with Carey, Cher, Foreigner, Frampton, Kool & the Gang, Kravitz, Oasis, O’Connor, Osbourne and Sade.