Whitney Houston, Notorious B.I.G. inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Whitney Houston and the Notorious B.I.G. were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class of 2020.
The two artistes were inducted during a taped
HBO special last evening.
Houston, widely regarded as one of the
greatest singers of the past century, was inducted by Alicia Keys who gave a
speech about the singer who inspired her.
Keys
said, “We all know what a miraculous singer Whitney was, perhaps the greatest
voice of our all-time. We all know how her unprecedented success brought black
women into the absolute highest reaches of the music industry’s pantheon.”
The
award was accepted by Houston’s mother and aunt, Cissy and Pat Houston.
The
Notorious B.I.G., who was killed at 24 in 1997, was a pioneer of modern rap
music. He was inducted by friend and rapper Diddy.
“Nobody
has come close to the way Biggie sounds, to the way he raps, to the frequency
that he hits. Tonight, we are inducting the greatest rapper of all-time,” Diddy
said.
