YEAR
2024
INDUCTED BY
Dave Chappelle
CATEGORY
Performers
A Tribe Called Quest forever shifted the hip-hop landscape and expanded the creative possibilities for the genre. Their freedom of expression, ingenuity, and minimalist brilliance continue to inspire generations of hip-hop artists and fans.
Phife Dawg
Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Q-Tip
Jarobi White
HALL OF FAME
ESSAY
By Michael A. Gonzales
In the late 1980s, New York City rap music was beginning to change. Since the release of Sugarhill Gang’s pioneering “Rapper’s Delight,” most people – including the music’s creators – believed hip-hop artists had to project a streetwise persona. Even when a crew hailed from the nicer part of Queens or Long Island (RUN DMC, Rakim), they were expected to front as though.
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