Jay Z入選創作人名人堂 成說唱界第一人大綱

Jay-Z has several reasons to be happy right now.

Jay-Z最近可謂“多喜臨門”。

Less than a month after it was announced he and his wife Beyonce are expecting twins - he is to receive a top songwriting honour.

在宣佈妻子碧昂斯懷了雙胞胎之後不到一個月，他又將收穫創作人的最高榮譽。

Jay-Z is to become the first rapper ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in the US.

Jay-Z將成爲首位入選美國創作人名人堂的說唱歌手。

A handful of artists who are considered to have "enriched the world's culture" with their songwriting and music are selected for induction every year.

每年都有一些藝術家入選創作人名人堂，人們認爲他們憑藉自己的創作和音樂“豐富了世界文化”。

Joining the hall of fame is a huge deal - previous inductees include Marvin Gaye, Bob Dylan, Dolly Parton, Bruce Springsteen and Michael Jackson.

入選名人堂是非常了不起的事情——此前的入選者包括馬文?蓋伊、鮑勃?迪倫、多莉?帕頓、布魯斯?斯普林斯汀以及邁克爾?傑克遜。

But no rapper has ever made the cut before.

但之前從沒有說唱歌手被選中。

Jay-Z will be inducted as part of the hall's class of 2017 alongside Max Martin, who has written songs for Taylor Swift, Katy Perry and Ariana Grande.

和Jay-Z一同入選2017年名人堂的還有馬克斯?馬丁，他曾爲泰勒?斯威夫特、凱蒂?派瑞以及愛莉安娜?格蘭德創作過歌曲。

Other inductees this year will include Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. The duo have written and produced number one singles for Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey and Usher, among many others.

今年的其他入選者還包括吉米?傑姆和特里?劉易斯。他們曾爲珍妮?傑克遜、瑪利亞?凱利以及亞瑟小子等歌手編寫製作過冠軍單曲。

Songwriters are eligible for induction after writing hit tracks for at least 20 years.

作曲家們至少要擁有20年的熱門歌曲創作經歷纔有資格入選名人堂。

This explains why Jay-Z is being inducted now - as he recently passed the 20th anniversary of his debut album Reasonable Doubt, released in 1996.

這就是Jay-z現在被選中的原因，近日Jay-Z的首張專輯《合理質疑》剛好面世二十週年，該專輯是1996年發行的。

Chic guitarist Nile Rodgers, who was one of last year's inductees, said Jay-Z had "changed the way we listen to music".

去年的入選者、Chic樂團的吉他手尼爾?羅傑斯稱，Jay-Z已經“改變了我們聆聽音樂的方式”。

Madonna and George Michael were both nominated this year as well but weren't chosen this time.

今年麥當娜和喬治?邁克爾也獲得了提名，但是這次並沒有被選中。