Primary Wave is thrilled to congratulate our artists Bad Company and Outkast for being official inductees of the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame! Both artists will be honored in the “Performer” category of the induction.
See the full list of inductees HERE, and tune in to watch the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on November 8th on disneyplus.
The English rock band released its self-titled debut album in 1974, which included its hit song “Can’t Get Enough.” The supergroup’s original lineup featured vocalist Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke, who’d both been in the band Free, as well as former Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs and former King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell. Though they’ve been eligible since 1999, Bad Company won induction on its first-ever nomination for the Rock Hall.
OutKast
When much of hip-hop’s attention in the mid-1990s was focused on the west coast vs. east coast rivalry, OutKast turned heads in a completely new direction: towards the South. The groundbreaking duo made up of Big Boi and André 3000 released its debut album in 1994, when they were still teenagers, and marked Atlanta as an epicenter of musical innovation with albums like ATLiens, Aquemini and the Grammy-winning Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. Over the last few years, the Hall has been admitting one hip-hop act each year — A Tribe Called Quest last year, Missy Elliott and Eminem and LL Cool J before that. But the Rock Hall isn’t the only pop music institution who has failed to adequately reward the genre: In the 21 years since OutKast took the prize, no other rap album has won the album of the year prize at the Grammys. OutKast has been eligible since 2019. The group received its first nomination this year.