Jay Z among nominees for Songwriters Hall of Fame

Jay Z, one of contemporary music’s most celebrated lyricists and entertainers, is one of the nominees for the 2017 Songwriters Hall of Fame, and if inducted he would become the first rapper to enter the prestigious music organization. Jay Z is the first rapper to be nominated for the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The Songwriters Hall gave the Associated Press the list of nominees Thursday, a day ahead of its official announcement. Other nominees that could be inducted next year are George Michael, Madonna, Bryan Adams, Vince Gill, Babyface, Max Martin, Kool & the Gang and more. Five songwriters, or songwriting groups, will be officially inducted at a gala in New York on June 15, 2017.