N.W.A. are set to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame next year.
The iconic rap group will join the likes of Cheap Trick, Deep Purple, Chicago, and Steve Miller as 2016 inductees.
Speaking to Rolling Stone, Ice Cube spoke about the recognition the honour brings. "It's hard to sum up exactly what it means. It means a lot of things. It means that the group's mark is kind of solidified. It's all legitimized in a way because the whole music industry has to honor the group in a way … It's everything that kind of eluded us in a lot of ways when we were coming up. So many people were opinionated about N.W.A. I think everyone now at this point, no matter how you feel about us, understands what the group actually did and what it means to modern music."
Asked what Eazy-E's opinion on the move would be, Ice Cube was unequivocal: "I think he'd be real excited because he was always fighting for legitimacy, whether it was trying to get out of the dope gang and become a legitimate, productive person in society. Also, the industry talked a lot of shit. This would please him I think because the music that we did is a force to be reckoned with. We got some of the most creative, talented people in N.W.A that's ever been compiled in one group. It's just exciting that the group as a whole gets recognized by the whole industry as Hall of Fame-worthy."
Long-listed acts who failed to gain nomination this year include Janet Jackson and The Smiths – we can't but feel that Morrissey would feel slightly honoured by that…
The induction ceremony will take place at Brooklyn's Barclays Center on April 8th.
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