Yesterday it was announced that wildly popular 90’s rap group The Beastie Boys would be joining Guns N Roses and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers in the music museum in Cleveland this April for their induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Most people are elated at the news but there’s one group of people who feel completely snubbed. The members of funk group War are extremely unhappy that the Boys were inducted before them, even telling TMZ the fact the Beastie Boys got in before them is “salt in the wound.” That doesn’t sound like good sportsmanship! Get more info on what they’re saying below.
TMZ spoke with Howard Scott — vocalist and a founding member of War — who tells us he’s “shocked†the rappers were inducted before his band, saying, “We were cranking out gold records when they were still in diapers.â€
Scott adds, “How could the Beastie Boys get in before us when they sampled War’s music on their first album?! I’ll eat their platinum records!”
The singer had been pretty hopeful his group would finally be inducted into the HOF this year … and says the disappointing news “felt like I was kicked in the back of my britches.”
For the record — War was founded back in 1969 … and DOMINATED music with hits like Cisco Kid, Why Can’t We Be Friends, Slippin’ Into Darkness … and of course, LOW RIDER!!!
