Eminem is to be one of the performers at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2022.
The ceremony for the 2022 class of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will take place next month on November 5th at the Microsoft Theater in Downtown Los Angeles. Ahead of the event, Rock Hall has announced the artists that will perform this year, which also includes none other than Eminem.
“This year’s ultra-exclusive Ceremony features performances from this year’s honorees: Duran Duran, Eminem, Eurythmics, Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, Judas Priest, Lionel Richie and Dolly Parton,” it states in the promo video.
The Detroit rapper is one of the artists that will be honoured with the prestigious Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, along with Dolly Parton, Duran Duran, Eurythmics, Carly Simon, Lionel Richie, and Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo.
“This diverse group of inductees each had a profound impact on the sound of youth culture and helped change the course of rock & roll,” said John Sykes, Chairman of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. “Their music moved generations and influenced so many artists that followed.”
The 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony premieres November 19 on @hbomax. #RockHall2022 pic.twitter.com/usSB3SXLOv
— Rock Hall (@rockhall) October 19, 2022
The top inductees were picked after the voting system that took place a few months ago, and Eminem scored second overall with 685,000 votes, while English new wave band Duran Duran rated first with 934,880 votes.
The “Lose Yourself” rapper who rarely makes public appearances, has been active throughout this year, and also made a surprise appearance at Rock Hall last year, where his idol LL Cool J was inducted.
Eminem’s induction into the Hall of Fame adds to his vast list of honours, which includes 15 Grammys, 17 Billboard Music Awards, two diamond-selling albums, an Oscar, and countless “best rapper” nominations.
Artists can be inducted into the Hall of Fame 25 years after their initial commercial release. “Infinite,” Eminem’s debut album, was released in November 1996, when he was still a relatively unknown player on the Detroit hip-hop scene. That independent effort, produced in an underground 8 Mile Road studio and published on 500 copies, half cassettes and half LPs, arrived three years before Eminem’s mainstream breakthrough with Interscope Records’ “The Slim Shady LP.”
