Jay-Z leads Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees — among some head-scratchers
Jay-Z may have “99 Problems,” but getting into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame isn’t one of them.The Brooklyn-born rapper — who changed the game with such hits as “Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem),” “Big Pimpin’,” “Izzo (H.O.V.A.)” and, of course, his No. 1 smash “Empire State of Mind” — made history as the first living solo rapper to be inducted into the rock hall when the class of 2021 was announced on Wednesday morning.Getting in on his first year of eligibility — which is 25 years after an artist’s debut record — Jay-Z is just the third solo rapper to join music’s exclusive club, following posthumous inductions for Tupac Shakur (2017) and the Notorious B.I.G.