The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's 2022 class leans heavily on pop hitmakers from the 1980s, but also includes rapper Eminem and country star Dolly Parton, who initially rejected her nomination.
, the country singer-songwriter — as much an influence on rock music as any of the rap or pop artists to whom the Rock Hall has also recently inducted — said she'd"accept gracefully."
"I would just say thanks and I'll accept it because the fans vote," Parton explained."But when I said that, it was always my belief that the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame was for the people in rock music, and I have found out lately that it's not necessarily that.
In 2019, Loyola Marymount University professor Evelynn McDonnell did an analysis of gender representation and found that
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