[youtube id=”A5VlshF5xCQ”] The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame announced the 2018 nominees today. LL Cool J, Chaka Khan Featuring Rufus, The Meters, Nina Simone, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Eurythmics are among the 19 voting choices. Music industry professionals and artists will cast their vote and the five nominees with the most support become the new inductees. Fans can also vote for their picks out of the nominees here. The five most popular vote-getters chosen by the public form one ballot and they are taken into consideration with the same amount of importance as the other submitted ballots.

1. Will all of the allegations and things mentioned in this week’s Village Voice article about R.Kelly ever have any significant effect on his career?

2. Is global racism really so deep that the Indians mistook Morgan Freeman for Nelson Mandela in a case of “they all look alike?” And the fact that Freeman played Mandela in a movie does not matter.

3. Why didn’t NWA, Chic, LL Cool J or The Meters make it into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame this year?

4. Wasn’t Beyonce’s Walmart trip where she gave out $50 gift cards a cool move after Target and Amazon refused to stock physical copies of her CD?

1. Will LL Cool J, The Meters or NWA get into the Rock Hall Of Fame this year?

2. Are the Clinton Hill community board members right about not naming a street after Biggie Smalls?

3. Will A Tribe Called Quest really perform their last shows on the New York leg of the Kanye West Yeezus tour?

LL Cool J, NWA, The Meters and Chic are 2014 Nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame. Fans can go to www.rockhall.com/vote, www.rollingstone.com, and www.usatoday.com to cast votes for who they want to see inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The top five artists, as selected by the public, will constitute a “fans’ ballot” that will be tallied along with the other ballots to choose the 2014 inductees. The ceremony will be held in April in New York City.