Why does American music have so many halls of fame?
The US loves to celebrate success. Little wonder, then, that every music form is honoured with centres across the States, from a new hip-hop home in Harlem to a venue celebrating the heroes of South Dakota rock
Hip-hop has always been about stacking paper. Yet despite having money on their mind, artists seem to have taken a while to adopt America’s favourite lucrative merchandising strategy: Disneyfication.
Thankfully, this oversight has been remedied this week, with news of a planned in Harlem. The $150m (£118m) complex, potentially somewhere near the legendary , will one day offer the likes of and the chance to be pickled in aspic and flogged as throw cushions in a gift shop.
