![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I’m fucking stuttering and shit, I mean, Jesus Christ. So I’m going to try to make this as quick and painless as possible. Where’d the man - where did Dre go? The man who saved my life, ladies and gentleman, Dr. I realize what an honor it is right now for me to be up here tonight and what a privilege it is to do the music that I love - the music that basically saved my life. I know I wouldn’t.”Įminem joins Run DMC, N.W.A., Jay-Z, LL Cool J, Biggie Smalls, Tupac Shakur, Public Enemy, Beastie Boys and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five as the only hip-hop artists to be inducted into the institution in its nearly 40-year history. Because without them, a lot of us wouldn’t be here. “And I just want to say, those are just a few of the names that I hope will be considered in the future for induction. “Those were my rock stars, man,” Em said. (The second, Em joked, “I almost died from an overdose in 2007, which kind of sucked because - Hailie, plug your ears - because drugs were fucking delicious.”)Įminem spent the bulk of his speech name-checking the myriad rappers - from cult heroes to his multi-platinum peers - who inspired him and made his career possible. “I know that I’m a rapper, and this is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and there’s only a few of us right now who have been inducted in already. The rapper himself acknowledged that fact in his induction speech, quipping that there were probably a few reasons why he wasn’t supposed to be there Saturday night. Eminem‘s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction is a complicated honor given the institution’s history of overlooking hip-hop’s most influential and pioneering Black artists, but Saturday night’s induction ceremony was a celebration of his contributions to the genre nonetheless. ![]()
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