Eventually, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will probably induct 50 Cent and Lil Wayne, two of the biggest rap stars of the 2000s.
But unless it's someone like Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, or Drake, I don't think the Rock Hall will skip over major 1980s–90s rap candidates to induct later-era rap artists. They'll probably wait until they feel the main entry candidates from the 80s and 90s have mostly been included.
as far as rap goes, I don't know if they're going to revisit EBAR or De La Soul. Just seems that even for the RRHOF who love to dive too deep once in awhile that they figure the influential groups of the time are maybe done. Ludacris represents a great chance, like Snoop, of an artist still very much able to perform and headline.
I don't know why, but seems like En Vogue, TLC, and Destiny's Child (though there are those convinced that Beyonce is a slam dunk) are not even being entertained. They shoved Salt N Pepa in sideways, and while they are deserving, there was nothing on the radar that I saw that even offered they were in contention. Seems they think, and they may be right, that the female groups don't register with the voting body in general. I know my thought Beyonce might get pushback is the extreme minority, but they've never liked acknowledging female r and B talent from the outset.
Rock hall definitely could return to Jane's Addiction if they feel it is right to nominate them and they can have real shot with current voting politics, even if Jane's Addiction looking like finished pretty poor in 2024...
Just like Iron Maiden, finished very bad in 2023, they rock hall is right to nominate them again and Maiden likely finished top 3 based on Kalshi timeline...
And need to see if boomers will have to vote for Janes like they did to Maiden in 2026, though I am sure Janes is defeinitely in lower tier than Maiden, but #7/#8 is way easier than what ranking Maiden likely obtained this year.
Do not feel Janes are totally dead for main entry chance... . Maybe Jane's Addiction are easier sell to other committee members because others know likes of AIC are making ballot harder to their pet projects so they may support to renominate Janes Addiction instead... But JA seem like a filler pick on the surface, but they could still bubble in..
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