Jay Z becomes first rapper inducted into the Song Writing Hall Of Fame
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Jay Z has several reasons to be happy right now.
Less than a month after it was announced he and his wife Beyonce are expecting twins - he is to receive a top songwriting honour.
Jay-Z is to become the first rapper ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in the US.
A handful of artists who are considered to have "enriched the world's culture" with their songwriting and music are selected for induction every year.
Joining the hall of fame is a huge deal - previous inductees include Marvin Gaye, Bob Dylan, Dolly Parton, Bruce Springsteen and Michael Jackson.
But no rapper has ever made the cut before.
Other inductees this year will include Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. The duo have written and produced number one singles for Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey and Usher, among many others.
'Changed the way we listen'
Songwriters are eligible for induction after writing hit tracks for at least 20 years.
This explains why Jay-Z is being inducted now - as he recently passed the 20th anniversary of his debut album Reasonable Doubt, released in 1996.
Chic guitarist Nile Rodgers, who was one of last year's inductees, said Jay-Z had "changed the way we listen to music".
Madonna and George Michael were both nominated this year as well but weren't chosen this time.
https://www.google.com/amp/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/39057229
Less than a month after it was announced he and his wife Beyonce are expecting twins - he is to receive a top songwriting honour.
Jay-Z is to become the first rapper ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in the US.
A handful of artists who are considered to have "enriched the world's culture" with their songwriting and music are selected for induction every year.
Joining the hall of fame is a huge deal - previous inductees include Marvin Gaye, Bob Dylan, Dolly Parton, Bruce Springsteen and Michael Jackson.
But no rapper has ever made the cut before.
Other inductees this year will include Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. The duo have written and produced number one singles for Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey and Usher, among many others.
'Changed the way we listen'
Songwriters are eligible for induction after writing hit tracks for at least 20 years.
This explains why Jay-Z is being inducted now - as he recently passed the 20th anniversary of his debut album Reasonable Doubt, released in 1996.
Chic guitarist Nile Rodgers, who was one of last year's inductees, said Jay-Z had "changed the way we listen to music".
Madonna and George Michael were both nominated this year as well but weren't chosen this time.
https://www.google.com/amp/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/39057229
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Goat
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Nas should have got that before him, but they prefer the message that Jay spreads...clearly
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Congrats to jigga....and biggie
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Pac should b in there
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The irony is that he doesn't even write.
Hov the goat -
dalyricalbandit wrote: »Goat
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Busta Carmichael wrote: »The irony is that he doesn't even write.
Hov the goat
GOAT -
Next Quentin Miller.....
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Greatest Rapper we will EVER see in our lifetimes. -
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"the ? i don't write be the illest ? ever recited in the game word to the hyphen in my name"
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StoneColdMikey wrote: »
Rare af.. like a ? UFO... a sasquatch... -
props
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Jay is the G.O.A.T. -
"only rapper to rewrite history without a pen"
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Where @tompetrez3 at? You gotta give the induction speech -
"...How much of Biggie's rhymes is gonna come out your fat lips?”
- the GOAT -
JayZ is the GOAT
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Just diss this dude in some kinda way and they start handing him grammys and sh*t
What song that he done recently that was so great to put in a song writers hall of fame?
Im not hating just trying to figure out what work he has done in the last ten years
to push him above other artist to recieve such an award -
Just diss this dude in some kinda way and they start handing him grammys and sh*t
What song that he done recently that was so great to put in a song writers hall of fame?
Im not hating just trying to figure out what work he has done in the last ten years
to push him above other artist to recieve such an award
It's a reward for your work over 20 years not the last couple years... He just became eligible so he got in -
At the hate -
StoneColdMikey wrote: »
Damn that's a rare tweet. I didn't even think that Jay had any type of social media account -
GOAT
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So when does drake get into this too........
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? Rodriguez wrote: »So when does drake get into this too........
When he actually starts writing his own ?
