JAY-Z sugeriu renomear o Rock and Roll Hall of Fame para Hip-Hop Hall of Fame

JAY-Z Rename Rock and Roll Hall of Fame hip hop fall of fame attempt
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O presidente do Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (RRHOF), John Sykes, revelou que JAY-Z anteriormente sugeriu renomear a cerimônia anual para Hip-Hop Hall of Fame. Falando paraVulture”, o executivo compartilhou que Hov uma vez expressou seu ceticismo sobre a conexão do RRHOF com o hip-hop, afirmando: “O rock está morto. Deveria se chamar Hip-Hop Hall of Fame.” Sykes respondeu que “hip-hop é rock and roll”, e embora o rapper discordasse, o executivo explicou que eles precisavam “fazer um trabalho melhor explicando isso”, continuando: “Little Richard, Otis Redding, Chuck Berry — esses artistas foram os pilares do rock and roll. Se você olhar os sons ao longo dos anos, esses artistas acabaram influenciando o hip-hop.” JAY-Z eventualmente compareceu à cerimônia do Hall of Fame para sua indução em 2021, e Sykes considerou isso como uma confirmação de que o termo “rock and roll” é inclusivo. “Isso me fez sentir que tínhamos feito nosso trabalho de comunicar que o rock and roll está aberto a todos,” ele afirmou. Sykes também falou sobre a sugestão de outras pessoas de renomeá-lo para o Music Hall of Fame, e embora ele conheça o raciocínio por trás dessa sugestão, ele afirma que isso poderia ser porque “algumas pessoas não entendem o significado de rock and roll.” Ele compartilhou que o som original do gênero na década de 50, de acordo com Missy Elliot, era um “gumbo” que tinha de tudo, mas acabou sendo rotulado como rock and roll. “Então, quando eu ouço as pessoas dizerem, ‘Você deveria apenas mudar para o Music Hall of Fame,’ rock and roll já cobriu muito desse território,” ele comentou. “Ao invés de descartar o nome, é melhor comunicar para as pessoas de onde veio o rock and roll e do que realmente se trata. Quando ouvem dessa forma, entendem.”the exec shared that Hov once expressed his skepticism about the RRHOF’s connection to hip-hop, stating, “Rock is dead. It should be called the Hip-Hop Hall of Fame.” Sykes responded that “hip-hop is rock and roll,” and while the rapper disagreed, the exec explained that they needed “to do a better job explaining it,” continuing, “Little Richard, Otis Redding, Chuck Berry — these artists were the cornerstones of rock and roll. If you look at the sounds over the years, those artists ended up influencing hip-hop.”

JAY-Z eventually did attend the Hall of Fame ceremony for his induction in 2021, and Sykes took that as confirmation that the term “rock and roll” is inclusive. “That made me feel like we had done our job to communicate that rock and roll is open to all,” he stated.

Sykes also opened up about other people’s suggestion of renaming it to the Music Hall of Fame, and while he knows the reasoning behind that suggestion, he states that it could be because “some people don’t understand the meaning of rock and roll.” He shared that the genre’s original sound in the ’50s, as per Missy Elliot, was a “gumbo” that had everything, but just ended up being labelled as rock and roll. “So when I hear people say, ‘You should just change it to the Music Hall of Fame,’ rock and roll has pretty much covered all of that territory,” he said. “Rather than throwing the name out, it’s doing a better job of communicating to people where rock and roll came from and what it’s truly about. Once they hear it that way, they understand.”

Sophie Caraan Managing Editor

Sophie Caraan is the Managing Editor at Hypebeast, where she sets the editorial direction, standards, and output strategy for the HQ team. With a decade of editorial experience, she brings both a storyteller's instinct and a strategist's eye — spotlighting the figures and movements that shape the culture across a multitude of lanes. Her tenure is marked by high-impact conversations with the likes of RZA, Mads Mikkelsen, CORTIS, Erling Haaland, Kasing Lung, NIGO, and more.

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