Tupac Shakur and Janet Jackson are among the 19 nominees up for the 2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction. Other nominees include Chaka Khan, Pearl Jam, Jane’s Addiction, Depeche Mode, MC5, and others.
For Shakur it is his first year of eligibility and first nomination. As we know aside from being one of the greatest rappers to ever step in a booth, Pac was also a great poet, actor, and activist.
Janet Jackson is up for her second nomination after not being inducted in her first go-round. On the long list of inductees you will find only 44 women, which is less than 15-percent.
Last year N.W.A. was inducted and faced a lot of backlash most notably from Gene Simmons for not being in the Rock-N-Roll genre. If Tupac is nominated he would only be the sixth hip-hop inductee. The others are the Beastie Boys, Grandmaster Flash, Run D.M.C., Public Enemy, and as mentioned, N.W.A.
All the inductees will be announced December and the ceremony will take place next April at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. HBO will broadcast the event.
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