A Tribe Known as Quest and Mary J. Blige are amongst these set to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame as a part of its Class of 2024.
The legendary rap group and iconic R&B singer may also be joined by Ozzy Osbourne, Cher, Dave Matthews Band, Peter Frampton, Foreigner and Kool & The Gang.
Blige reacted to the information on Instagram, writing: “Past Grateful!!!!!! That is unimaginable!!! God at all times has the ultimate say!!!! Thanks to my followers all around the world!!!! Tears of Pleasure!!!!”
Founding Tribe member Jarobi White additionally wrote: “Wow!!! @qtiptheabstract @alishaheed we did it!!!! Phifey we bought you within the corridor of fame!!!! Want you have been right here. Effectively I do know you’re watching so….. Fuck yeah!!! lol To all the questers, from the underside of our hearts thanks!!!! #jedibusuness.”
The esteemed names can be formally inducted later this yr, with the ceremony airing stay on ABC and being out there to stream on Hulu the next day.
Amongst these to be nominated for induction this yr however didn’t make the ultimate reduce have been Mariah Carey, Sade and Eric B & Rakim.
Tribe have beforehand been nominated twice for the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame — in 2022 and 2023 — and have now gotten in on their third try.
They’re simply the sixth rap group to be inducted into the Corridor of Fame after Grandmaster Flash & The Livid 5, Run-DMC, Beastie Boys, Public Enemy and N.W.A.
After the group missed out final yr, Consequence — a longtime Tribe affiliate — slammed the organizers on social media, saying: “What we not gon’ do is maintain subjugating that title, A Tribe Known as Quest, to a white recognition contest, and having them in there because the token n-ggas decide. We gon’ cease that.”
He added: “On a political aspect, what I ain’t actually feeling is that now, we gotta clarify 0 for two. The advantage of the music, you’ll be able to’t put a document on that. You possibly can’t put an 0 for two on A Tribe Known as Quest and what they did for Black music. You possibly can’t try this. I can’t assist you to try this.”
Mary J. Blige was additionally nominated in 2021 however didn’t get in.
Final yr, Missy Elliott was amongst these inducted into the Corridor of Fame>, changing into the primary feminine rapper to earn the nod.
She devoted her acceptance speech to praising the feminine Hip Hop pioneers that got here earlier than her.
“All of us love music in some type, and all of these individuals who have already been up on the stage,” she stated. “I used to be simply listening to different folks’s tales and being like, wow, they’ve been round all of those years… And that’s why I’m nonetheless in shock, as a result of they’ve so a few years on me.”
She continued: “I’ve to say Pepa who’s right here from Salt-N-Pepa. Her and Queen Latifah, [MC] Lyte, Roxanne Shante, so many. Monie [Love], all these ones earlier than me gave me their shoulders to face on. So I simply wanna take the time.
“My folks say, ‘Hey, go up there, and folks wanna hear from you, how you are feeling.’ However these are the individuals who impressed me. And if it wasn’t for them and their music, I most likely wouldn’t be standing right here.”
Different rappers to have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame embody JAY-Z, Eminem, The Infamous B.I.G. and 2Pac.
