Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame to
induct N.W.A.
Gangsta rap pioneers
N.W.A. will be inducted into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The Compton, California, hip-hop
crew – aka Niggaz Wit Attitude –
will join the 31st class of the Rock
Hall on April 8 at the Barclays
Center in Brooklyn. Dr. Dre, Ice
Cube, DJ Yella, Eazy-E and MC
Ren are 2016 inductees, along
with Cheap Trick, Chicago, Deep
Purple and Steve Miller.
N.W.A members clockwise from
left: Ice Cube, DJ Yella, Dr. Dre, MC
Ren and Eazy-E are seen in 1989.
N.W.A.'s members’ story
was told in this summer's smash
hit Straight Outta Compton.
The four classic rock acts
have been among those often cited
by critics who have charged the
Rock Hall with being too elitist and
dismissive of some of rock's massively popular groups -- particularly from the '70s. The class of 2016
begins to fill in some of those perceived "holes" in the Hall's ranks.
The iconic rap group has been
nominated three previous times.
With their inclusion next year, they
become the fifth hip-hop act to
receive the honor, joining Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Beastie Boys, Run DMC, and Public Enemy.
Winter Holidays 2015
Architect’s rendering
Black history milestones celebrated
at the Smithsonian in Washington
The Smithsonian’s National
Museum of African American History
and Culture, a three-tier Yorubaninspired structure, is being built just
steps from the Washington Monument
to commemorate the African American
community. The museum is expected
to open in the fall of 2016.
To kick off the year-long
countdown to its grand opening, the
museum hosted a three-night event last
summer to celebrate the anniversaries
of three major milestones in African
American history: the ratification of
the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery 1865; the pas
sage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965;
and the end of the Civil War in 1865.
The museum’s western and
southern façades were transformed
into a one-block long 3-D canvas and
projected seven minutes of images
from moments in black history. The
visual display ran continuously for all
three nights.
Lonnie Bunch, founding director of the museum, called it “a
dynamic event for the entire community.” Titled “Commemorate and Celebrate Freedom,” the free festivities
drew hundreds of spectators and
evoked visceral reactions.
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