Mariah Carey on Rock & Roll Hall of Fame snub: “My lawyer got in before me”

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Mariah Carey has spoken out about being snubbed by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – see what she had to say below.Since her emergence in the music industry in the late 1980s and early ’90s, Mariah Carey has gone on to release numerous albums, breaking a collection of records and scoring multiple Number One hits.

However, the ‘We Belong Together’ singer has time and again been passed up for a coveted spot in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.Carey – who has been eligible for induction since 2016 – was nominated for the first time earlier this year, but ultimately did not secure her spot in the class of 2024 which included Cher, Ozzy Osbourne and more.Speaking to the Los Angeles Times recently, Carey was asked about the nomination.

She candidly replied: “My thoughts are, I didn’t get in. Everybody was calling me, going, ‘I think you’re getting in!’ and so I was excited about it.

But then it didn’t happen. My lawyer got into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame before me.”Her lawyer, Allen Grubman – a co-founder of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – was inducted in 2022.