Rock and Roll Hall of Fame recognizes all forms of music that challenge authoritative or puritan standards of its time. Hip hop is rock and roll, and Pac is a legend. If they just wanted to induct a token black they could have inducted Will Smith. He's not in, because he's not rock and roll. Tupac is. So is all gangsta and political hip hop.
"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea
