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The Curious Case of Nile Rodgers's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Award

The induction class is a buffet of various kinds of uncool, made more perplexing by the disco band Chic’s 11th snub.
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame perpetually starts fights about respectability and credibility, and the new class of inductees just shows how shifty and disputed those two words can be. The late rapper Tupac and the grunge band Pearl Jam are in, marking recognition for two ‘90s musical moments whose legacies are still in the making. The folk singer Joan Baez joins; she by saying

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