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It was cosmic justice that two black women — Chaka Khan and Missy Elliott — owned the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Friday night. After longtime Rolling Stone editor Jann Wenner was ousted from the hall’s board of directors in September — immediately after telling the New York Times that women … Read more
With powerhouse pipes that are a raw force of nature, Chaka Khan was born to wail. So it’s hard to imagine that she wasn’t the first choice to be the female voice of Rufus when the influential, interracial funk band made its self-titled debut 50 years ago. “When I started with Rufus, Paulette McWilliams had … Read more
Say goodbye to white male rocker privilege. For once, white male rockers are in the minority among the new class of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees. After years in which they’ve made up the majority of rock hall honorees, they’re barely represented in 2023. And even the one rock band to be enshrined … Read more
Courtney Love is slamming the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for “sexist gatekeeping” while protesting the lack of female and black artists highlighted by the Cleveland-based organization. “If so few women are being inducted into the Rock Hall, then the nominating committee is broken,” Love wrote in a scathing op-ed published Friday in The … Read more