The Notorious B.I.G. & Whitney Houston To Be Inducted In Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame
Brooklyn we did it.
The Notorious B.I.G. and Whitney Houston are among the inductees for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The announcement was made on Wednesday (January 15).
Among the nominees that were selected into the 2020 class include Nine Inch Nails, The Doobie Brothers and T-Rex.
B.I.G. becomes the second solo rapper to be inducted, following the late Tupac Shakur in 2017.
Known as one of the greatest rappers of all time, The Notorious B.I.G. was the central figure of East Coast rap in the mid-90s. Biggie released two studio albums including the 1994 critically-acclaimed debut, Ready To Die. His stellar career was cut short when he was murdered in March of 1997, just two weeks before the release of his classic sophomore album, Life After Death.
Whitney Houston is one of the most awarded musical artists ever. The singer and actress earned countless awards, diamond, multi-platinum, and gold certifications from endless hit singles, seven studio albums, and two soundtracks. Houston passed in 2012.
For eligibility, an individual artist or band must have released their first commercial recording at least 25 years prior to the year of nomination.
The ballots were cast by an international voting body of more than 1,000 artists, including current living Inductees, historians and members of the music industry.
The 35th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place in Cleveland, Ohio on May 2 and will be broadcast live on HBO at 8 p.m. ET.
one sold crack the other smoked it .. all jokes aside biggie congrats
no rap or hip hop artist has any business on this hall of fame. Sad they’ve been doing this for years. What if it was the other way around? And rock bands were inducted into the hip hop hall of fame lol this is complete fuckery.