Salt-N-Pepa and Warren Zevon will be recognized with the Musical Influence Award. Thom Bell, Nicky Hopkins and Carol Kaye will be honored for Musical Excellence. Lenny Waronker, noted producer and DreamWorks/Warner Bros. Records executive, will receive the Ahmet Ertegun Award.

First-time nominees Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker and Bad Company will also be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Antwan Patton, one half of the hip hop duo Outkast, has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The announcement was made April 27th by the Rock Hall. Patton, professionally known as ‘Big Boi,