“This 12 months’s unimaginable group of inductees displays the varied artists and sounds that outline rock & roll,” John Sykes, the inspiration’s chairman, mentioned in a press release that famous this 12 months coincides with Nelson’s ninetieth birthday and the fiftieth anniversary of the invention of hip-hop.
Clive “DJ Kool Herc” Campbell, who is often credited with inventing hip-hop when he broke out two turntables at a Bronx occasion in 1973, was amongst a number of artists and music professionals who obtained particular awards this 12 months. The complete record of honorees is right here.
Elliott has the particular distinction of being voted into the Corridor — an elite physique decided by the votes of lots of of artists, historians and music professionals all over the world — as quickly as she turned eligible: 25 years after the discharge of her debut album, “Supa Dupa Fly” in 1997. She has extra just lately been within the highlight for her 2015 music video “WTF (The place They From).”
“It’s not possible to take your eyes off her,” The Washington Publish critic Robin Givhan wrote on the time. “Not as a result of she is flaunting a physique that hasn’t identified carbs because the flip of the final century, however as a result of she is shifting with such unwavering management and pleasure. As a result of she is so dynamic. As a result of she has used style and elegance to create a persona that’s clever, entrancing and sophisticated.”
The seemingly immortal Nelson, alternatively, carried out a star-studded live performance for his ninetieth birthday only a few days earlier than his induction was introduced.
The Corridor’s thirty eighth annual induction ceremony might be held in November in Brooklyn.