Eminem Heads To Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, MC5 Snubbed Again

Detroit MI

04 May, 2022

12:15 PM

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CLEVELAND — In his first year of eligibly, legendary Detroit rapper Eminem was voted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, putting him in an elite class of first-ballot Hall of Famers. The hip-hop superstar becomes the 20th Detroit performer revered in the institution's 36-year history, and the first since the Miracles were selected in 2012. The iconic Detroit rapper's induction into the hall of fame comes 25 years after the release of his debut album, "Infinite." He would go on to become the best-selling U.S. artist in the first decade of the 2000s. Detroit rock and roll group MC5 missed the cut again, after they were nominated for the sixth time to the hall of fame. The radical 60s band formed in Detroit has been one of the more notable rock and roll hall of fame snubs. Many believe the band played in innovative part in guiding the punk rock movement in America. Eminem headlined the class of new inductees along with Pat Benatar, Duran Duran, Eurythmics, Dolly Parton, Carly Simon and longtime Motown Records artist Lionel Richie. He becomes just the seventh hip-hop inductee and along with Jay-Z, just the second solo rapper to be inducted while alive. HBO and HBO Max streaming will air the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony on Nov. 5 at L.A.'s Microsoft Theater. The full list of Detroit artists in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame include: Aretha Franklin — 1987Marvin Gaye —1987 Smokey Robinson — 1987 Jackie Wilson — 1987 The Supremes — 1988 The Temptations — 1989 Stevie Wonder — 1989 Hank Ballard — 1990 Four Tops — 1990 John Lee Hooker — 1991 Martha and the Vandellas — 1995 Gladys Knight & the Pips — 1996 Little Willie John — 1996 Parliament-Funkadelic — 1997Bob Seger — 2004 Madonna — 2008 The Stooges — 2010 Alice Cooper — 2011 The Miracles — 2012 Eminem — 2022