Grandmaster Flash Inducted Into The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame
Grandmaster Flash &The Furious Five are slated to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on March 12.
The pioneer rap group was nominated back in 2004, the first rap act to make it on the ballot, and made it as semi-finalists that year. This year's class, which also includes rock outfits like R.E.M., Van Halen, Patti Smith and the Ronettes, had to have released their first single by 1981 to be eligible for induction.
The ceremony will also honor Ahmet Ertegun, Atlantic Records' co-founder who also served as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's chairman. In related news, Flash was recently honored with the "I Am An Icon" Award at the BET Hip-Hop Awards.
"To get an award for my technological ability means a whole lot more than anything else I've accomplished in my life," Flash shared during his acceptance speech.
The pioneer rap group was nominated back in 2004, the first rap act to make it on the ballot, and made it as semi-finalists that year. This year's class, which also includes rock outfits like R.E.M., Van Halen, Patti Smith and the Ronettes, had to have released their first single by 1981 to be eligible for induction.
The ceremony will also honor Ahmet Ertegun, Atlantic Records' co-founder who also served as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's chairman. In related news, Flash was recently honored with the "I Am An Icon" Award at the BET Hip-Hop Awards.
"To get an award for my technological ability means a whole lot more than anything else I've accomplished in my life," Flash shared during his acceptance speech.
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