NWA Inducted Into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

It was supposed to be a night that celebrated some of rock’n’roll’s most under appreciated acts and one of hip-hop’s greatest, but it was long running feuds, the power of the genre to influence politics and the institution itself which became the main talking points.

At the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Steve Miller took the organization to task for not “respecting” artists, Deep Purple were confronted with the absence of guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and E Street Band member Steve Van Zandt doubled down on Bruce Springsteen’s decision to boycott a gig in North Carolina.

Read the full article at theguardian.com and click here to see a few pictures from the event.