"The Message" Going To Hall of Fame

"The Message," the seminal classic single from Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five will be the first hip-hop recording to be inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. The song was among 25 songs selected by the Recording Academy for cultural and historical significance.

“The Recording Academy is dedicated to celebrating a wide variety of great music and sound through the decades,” said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy. “We are especially honored to welcome this year’s selection of some of the most influential recordings of the last century. Marked by both cultural and historical significance, these works truly have influenced and inspired audiences for generations, and we are thrilled to induct them into our growing catalog of outstanding recordings.”

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 “I Have A Dream” speech, Cole Porter’s “Anything Goes,” the Rolling Stones’ album Exile On Main St and recordings by Mahalia Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Bill Cosby, Leroy Carr and Gene Autrey were also inducted.

Bill Cosby Cursed Out Russell Simmons?

Page Six is reporting that the feud between Bill Cosby and Russell Simmons has taken a weird, profanity-laced turn. Russell reportedly went to apologize to 'The Cos' at the Jackie Robinson Annual Awards Dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria last week, but Cosby wasn't feeling Russ...at all.

"I wanted to find him to apologize, to tell him I was sorry about my statements and to tell him that I loved him," Russell said. "But then....Mr. Cosby said, 'Get the [bleep] out my face!'"

Simmons also said that Cosby "walked by me and bumped me with his shoulder as I walked offstage after presenting my award to Sean [Combs, who was honored at the event] . . . I then loved him even more."