Like what I was feeling was, wow, here’s some people over there who won’t take no for an answer. I was thinking about the people who voted for me. “A lot of people, when I told them I got inducted, they’d say to me, ‘Isn’t it is about time?’ You see, what people don’t realize is, I wasn’t thinking about the people who voted against me.

“I’d like to thank all of the people who voted for LL to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame year after year,” he said during his speech. Dre and also hit the stage for a medley of his hits, which included guest performers Eminem who joined him for “Rock The Bells”, and Jennifer Lopez for “All I Have”. He was one of the most honorable people I’ve ever met and we’ve created something that will probably never be duplicated. And I appreciate you and I thank you for that. “Shout out to Dame, I know we don’t see eye to eye, but I can never erase your accomplishments. Hov also shouted out former business partners Dame Dash and Kareem “Biggs” Burke. I want to be like those guys.’ And so I set out on my journey.” I watch these guys, and they have big gold chains and leather and sometimes even the red, black, green medallions and whatever they wore, everybody would wear the next day. When thinking about what I was going to say tonight, these heroes just kept coming to my mind, Rakim and Big Daddy Kane and KRS-One and Chuck D, and, of course, a fellow inductee, LL Cool J. Much like punk rock, it gave us this anti-culture, this subgenre, and there were heroes in it. “And you know, growing up, we didn’t think we could be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. “Thank you, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, for this incredible honor,” JAY began. The rapper gave heartfelt speech reflecting on his upbringing and thanked his mother Gloria Carter who was in attendance, as well as his family, Ty Ty, DJ Clark Kent, his fellow peers, and more. He was also presented the award by actor and comedian Dave Chappelle. JAY-Z, who was inducted in his first year of eligibility, received recorded tributes from former President Barack Obama, Diddy, LeBron James, Chris Martin, Ed Sheeran, Jamie Foxx, Usher, and Pharrell, Beyoncé and Blue Ivy. 30) at the 36th annual Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio. JAY-Z and LL Cool J were among the inductees on Saturday (Oct. After last year’s remote ceremony, the celebration returned to in-person proceedings this year.įollow all of Pitchfork’s coverage of the 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.Two of hip hop GOATS have officially been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. Kraftwerk, Gil Scott-Heron, and Charley Patton were all honored with Early Influence awards LL Cool J, Billy Preston, and Randy Rhoads were celebrated with the Musical Excellence Award. In addition to Jay-Z, Carole King, Todd Rundgren, Tina Turner, the Go-Go’s, and Foo Fighters were inducted this year. We created something that will probably never be duplicated.”įind portions of the introduction video, Obama’s speech, Chappelle’s speech, and Jay-Z’s acceptance speech below.

And shout out to ‘Biggs’ he’s one of the most honorable people I’ve ever met. “Shout out to Dame I know we don’t see eye to eye, but I can never erase your accomplishments, and I appreciate you and thank you for that. And we created this company called Roc-A-Fella Records,” Jay-Z later said. “We was like we gonna create our own company, you know? That’s hip-hop.

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