![]() It started back in 1973, when DJ Kool Herc played a song at an outdoor party in the Bronx and a format was born.” “LL had a very cool idea of how, in a very short period of time, he could tip his hat to the artists that inspired him in the 80s to get into hip-hop. “We really thought the Grammys did a wonderful job doing this,” Poleman says. They grew up listening to my music and looking at the visuals, and felt that they could push the boundaries.”įor the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, Poleman and Sykes are planning a “special moment,” planned in part by rap legend LL Cool J. I’m always flattered and honored when those artists come up to me and tell me how much I meant to them. “It makes me feel great that there is that artistic freedom. Kravitz says that watching artists like Steve Lacy - who he interviewed in October for the “Bad Habits” singer’s Billboard cover story - “reinspires” him. Like ‘the pop department,’ it meant white, and the Black department was R&B.” Recalling the climate of the music industry at the time of his first record deal, he says, “Everything was in these really tight boxes, white and black. Watching a new class of Black artists centered in pop, rock and alternative spaces, Kravitz feels great to witness “that artistic freedom.” The 58-year-old hitmaker has served as an inspiration to generations of pop stars and rising artists throughout his decades-long career as a boundary pushing rock star. When we saw this other side of him and called him up, he said, ‘I’d love to do it.'” “He was funny, he connected with the audience because he’s such a serious musician. ![]() It was his authentic approach to hosting that caught the attention of old friends and iHeart Radio execs John Sykes and Tom Poleman, during the induction of Lionel Richie into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in November. ![]() 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards: How to Watch the Show Online
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