![]() ![]() He then talked about attending country shows and being impressed. “We both always laugh about that,” he said. “I’ve definitely listened to some Foo,” LL Cool J said, adding that he and Grohl share a birthday, January 14. The love was reciprocated by Dave Grohl, who gave LL Cool J’s performance an ovation. “Bob Dylan, ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues,’ come on, man! The words and the lyrics and the stuff he does in that.” He continued about DJs scratching the drum beats of classic songs with vinyl records, and of Run DMC’s collaboration with Aerosmith for “Walk This Way.” “We appreciate rock ‘n’ roll. You got guys like Billy Squier, that one song ‘The Big Beat,’ was one if the most important records in the whole hood,” he said. “I would listen to ‘Hey Joe’ consistently. APĪsked about which rock ‘n’ roll performer inspired him, LL Cool J did not hesitate to name check Jimi Hendrix, Aerosmith, Bob Dylan, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin and Billy Squier. LL Cool J and Jennifer Lopez perform during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremony, Saturday, Oct. It was the first time I saw kids that looked like me saying something that sounded powerful because, to be honest, most of the time I saw them on the news was… in handcuffs.” Hip-hop, he said, connected kids and stories “all over the world.” As a young Black kid in Queens it made me feel empowered. It gave us a way to really see the world. Me being a kid from Queens, it gave us an opportunity to express ourselves creatively and artistically and to really level up. “For me as a kid growing up at a time when they took music out of the schools, at a time the world was really changing, the Bronx was a war zone,” he said. LL Cool J spoke backstage about hip-hop’s place in the hall and why it is essential, saying he was happy the hall “expanded to include other genres.” ![]() and (showed) what is possible for a woman at any age at any stage.” Turner, she said, is an inspiration, “turning pain into power and her hurt into triumph. King was clearly the belle of the ball backstage, posing for photos and getting hugs backstage with Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, Jay-Z, Keith Urban, Jennifer Lopez, Swift and Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson, who portrays Aretha Franklin in the film “Respect,” and performed the Goffin-King-written classic, “(You Make Me Feel Like a) Natural Woman.”Īlso making a stop backstage was Angela Bassett, who portrayed Turner in the movie “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” “I couldn’t say anything but yes,” Bassett said about inducting Turner into the hall. They get the song from the heart with great players.” I know they don’t expect perfection, so that’s good. “I understand what an audience comes to see. … I feel that as a performer, after all the years I have been actually doing it, was just part of the way that I bring music to people,” she said. ![]() “Had he been here tonight, he would be here cheering me on just like in the musical ‘Beautiful’: ‘You’re going all the way.’ He really was a supporter of me, long after we weren’t married anymore,” she said.īeing inducted a second time is different, she said, because she was being inducted for something she never thought she would do, “which was to be a performer. Backstage, she talked reverently of Goffin, who died in 2014. King is already in the hall as a songwriter alongside one-time partner Gerry Goffin, and made history as the third woman to be inducted twice, along with Stevie Nicks and fellow 2021 inductee Tina Turner. Kevin Kane for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Taylor Swift performs onstage during the 36th Annual Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on Octoin Cleveland, Ohio.
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