I am super excited to tell you Whitney Houston and The Notorious B.I.G. will be posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The Associated Press reports:
Houston, who succumbed to years of drug abuse in 2012, was an instant success after being signed to a record contract at age 19. Her 1985 debut had three No. 1 singles: “Saving All My Love for You,” “How Will I Know” and “The Greatest Love of All.” She had seven consecutive singles top the charts, a first for any artist.
The daughter of gospel singer Cissy Houston and cousin of Dionne Warwick, she grew up in the business.
The imposing, Brooklyn-born rap artist Christopher Wallace took on the identities of The Notorious B.I.G. and Biggie Smalls and was massively influential as rap became music’s dominant style in the 1990s. With hits like “Juicy” and “Big Poppa,” he was the leader of an East Coast school of rap that found itself in a bitter rivalry with artists from the West Coast.
He was killed in a still-unsolved drive-by shooting in Los Angeles at age 24 in 1997. On the album, “Life After Death,” with hits like “Mo Money Mo Problems” and “Hypnotize,” he became the first artist to earn multiple No. 1 singles after his death.
Other inductees in the 2020 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame include Depeche Mode, the Doobie Brothers, Nine Inch Nails, and T-Rex.
The annual ceremony will take place on May 2 Public Auditorium in Cleveland. HBO will televise the Saturday night show.
Congratulations to all of the inductees.
