![]() (Christopher Polk/Variety) Christopher Polk for Variety He immediately brought the weary crowd to its feet with a blistering medley of “My Name Is,” “Rap God” - with its almost impossibly fast verses - “Sing for the Moment” - featuring a guest spot from a fresh-from-rehab Steven Tyler - “Stan” - with Ed Sheeran singing the segment originally sung by Dido and later by Elton John - “Forever” and “Not Afraid.” He also capped his gracious and grateful acceptance speech by speaking in typically frank terms of his own recovery from substance abuse, and then reading off an alphabetical list of approximately 50 of the rappers who influenced him, from 2 Live Crew to X-Clan.ĭuran Duran, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor, Simon Le Bon, and Roger Taylor at the 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Red Carpet held at the Microsoft Theatre on Novemin Los Angeles, California. ![]() Dre - who continued the evening’s frequent theme of tolerance and peace by pointing out how this pioneering white rapper “forced us to confront our own biases” - Eminem took the stage at around the evening’s four-and-a-half-hour mark. After an induction speech from none other than Dr. ![]() ![]() Although he last toured just four years ago, Eminem concerts have been a fairly rare thing over the past decade - and his electrifying performance on the Rock Hall stage just makes you shake your head and wonder why someone who can light up a stage like that doesn’t do it more often. ![]()
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