Eminem is an Official Rock and Roll HOF Member

11.8.22

Eminem, 2022 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Eminem has officially been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, where he held a stellar performance and speech to impress all those dedicated to music. While fans will be able to watch the ceremony in full on HBO Max come November 18th, the stars have begun filling our timelines with what went on that night.

As a well-deserved member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Eminem brought his style to the stage, performing alongside Steven Tyler and Ed Sheeran. Sing for the Moment, arguably the biggest song from The Eminem Show went twelve times platinum. Having Steven Tyler rock out beside him showed respect amongst each other as artists, but more importantly, between the two genres of music and artistry. Eminem has a couple of newer songs with Ed Sheeran, though they performed together on another classic record, Stan. While Eminem has recorded the single with two other artists prior, it seemed like a perfect fit for the two to do together during this moment. Eminem also performed My Name Is and Rap God amongst others.

Of course, Dr Dre was able to speak on behalf of Eminem for his induction into the HOF. He spoke on not realizing the color of his skin until meeting him in person, though he had greatly studied his music. Eminem mentioned that Dre saved his life. He was a high-school drop-out, and hip-hop artists were his teachers. Eminem thanked all his favorite artists - in alphabetical order.

I’m gonna start with the 2 Live Crew, 2Pac, 3rd Bass, Alliance, Apache, Audio Two — Milk Dee, what up! — Awesome Dre, the Beastie Boys, Big Daddy Kane, Big Pun, Big L, Biz Markie, The Notorious B.I.G. of course, Black Moon, the Boogie Monsters, Brand Nubian, Brother J from X Clan, Buckshot, Casual from Heiroglyphics, Chill Rob G, Chubb Rock, Chuck D and Public Enemy, Cypress Hill, D-Nice, Dana Dane, De La Soul — now I’m about a third of the way done. De La Soul, did I say De La Soul? Def Jef, Del the Funky Homosapien, DJ Quik, Dr. Dre of course, Dres from Black Sheep, Ed O.G., EPMD, Fat Boys, Fat Joe, Fu-Schnickens, Gang Starr, Geto Boys, Heavy D, House of Pain, Ice Cube, Ice-T, the Intelligent Hoodlum, JJ Fad, Jaz-O, Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, Just Ice, K-Solo, Kid & Play: I’m a tenth of the way done. King Sun, King Tee, Kool G Rap, Kool Moe Dee, KRS-One, Kwame, Lakim Shabazz, Large Professor, Leaders of the New School, the one and only LL Cool J — love you bro. Lord Finesse, Lords of the Underground, Mantronix, Masta Ace, MC Breed, MC Lyte, MC Shan, Melle Mel, Merciless Ameer, Mobb Deep, Monie Love, Nas, Newcleus, Onyx, Organized Konfusion, Outkast, André 3000, Paris, Pharcyde, Queen Latifah, Rakim, Redhead Kingpin, Pete Rock and CL Smooth, I’m almost done. Redman, Roxanne Shante, Run-D.M.C., Salt-N-Pepa, Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh, Snoop Dogg, Souls of Mischief, Special Ed, Stetsasonic, now I’m all down to the S’s. Super Lover Cee and Casanova Rud, the D.O.C., The Roots, Black Thought, the Skinny Boys, Tony D, Too $hort, Treach from Naughty By Nature, A Tribe Called Quest, U.T.F.O., Whodini, Wise Intelligent and the Poor Righteous Teachers, Wu-Tang Clan and YZ.

Perhaps a rather long list leads to quite the lengthy speech, but an impressive one, an honorable one, at that.