Chuck D To Welcome Beastie Boys To The Terror Dome

“Chuck D, Public Enemy’s No. 1, will induct fellow New York rap act Beastie Boys. The groups’ debut albums were released within two months of each other. The Beasties have topped the Billboard 200 album chart four times.”
 — Next month, when Chuck D gives his speech to induct the Beastie Boys into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, it would be funny if he quoted himself and referred to the three Jewish rappers being “so-called chosen/frozen” for perpetuity among the pantheon of rock greats. I love the Beastie Boys and I think they’re deserving of all accolades available. But I think the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame should probably not exist. And the fact that Chuck D has not yet been enshrined himself points to one of the reasons why. No, it does not. Because that fact is likely due to the other fact that Public Enemy is not up for induction until next year. My apologies to the voting committee. (Of this institution that should probably not exist.)