Wu-Tang Clan, Queen Latifah, Phil Collins join Rock Hall of Fame
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The rhapsodic hip-hop transformers Wu-Tang Clan and punk rocker Billy Idol were among the music luminaries inducted Saturday into the Rock and Roll Hall ...
LOS ANGELES, Nov 15 — The rhapsodic hip-hop transformers Wu-Tang Clan and punk rocker Billy Idol were among the music luminaries inducted Saturday into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at a star-studded concert gala.
The versatile Phil Collins, post-punk and electronic dance music renegades Joy Division/New Order and the velvet-voiced late Luther Vandross also joined the rock pantheon at the ceremony held in Los Angeles’s Peacock Theater.
But several of the 2026 class of artists — Oasis, Sade and Iron Maiden — skipped the night celebrating their honor, one of the music industry’s most prestigious.
Staten Island’s own Wu-Tang Clan — the ragtag group of New Yorkers who paired raw production with streetwise rhymes and martial arts influences — brought the ruckus, performing their own hits including C.R.E.A.M and Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthing ta F’ Wit.
“We went from being banned on the radio to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,” said member Method Man onstage to resounding cheers.
It proved a banner night for women in hip-hop, with honorees including Queen Latifah as well as MC Lyte, who is widely recognised as the “First Lady of Hip Hop.”
The storied performers tore up the stage with a medley of their hits, before Megan Thee Stallion and Remy Ma joined them to underscore the legacy of women in rap.
Travis Barker, the drummer from Blink-182, inducted Collins, drawing tears from the British artist who attended the ceremony alongside his children including Lily of Emily in Paris fame.
Collins — whose entry into the hall is his second, the first was as part of the band Genesis — walked to the stage with two canes, taking the mic and saying “I’m really not as bad as it looks.”
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