Eminem leads Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees

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“Lose Yourself” rapper, 49, was nominated for induction into music’s most exclusive club on Wednesday morning. In fact, the artist, born Marshall Mathers, is the only one of 17 nominees to get a nod in his first year of eligibility — which is 25 years after an artist’s debut recording.If Eminem should add a rock hall membership to his 15 Grammys, five No.

1 singles and Oscar triumph when the inductees are announced in May, he will become only the second white hip-hop artist ever to make it into the RRHOF — after the Beastie Boys were enshrined in 2012.And Eminem would be only the seventh hip-hop act ever to be inducted, with Jay-Z being the last rapper to learn the secret handshake last October — also in his first year of eligibility.Eminem — who will be performing alongside Dr.

Dre, Kendrick Lamar, Mary J. Blige and Snoop Dogg at the Super Bowl halftime show on Feb. 13 — is probably the only slam dunk to be inducted in a wide range of nominees this year.

Other first-time nominees include Beck, Duran Duran, Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie, Carly Simon and A Tribe Called Quest.And if you’re scratching your head about Parton and Riche being nominated — because pretty much no one ever would consider them “rock” — well, that definition has gotten broader and looser with each passing year.After Eminem, this also feels like it could be Duran Duran’s year.