longtime attorney, was inducted in the Hall of Fame with the Ahmet Ertegun award,

himself as a “gentile” who took to heart the hateful rhetoric being directed at Jewish

didn’t name the rapper, it was clear his anger was directed at the Antisemitic

“Guys I cannot tell you how fucking important it is to speak out if you’

hear hate speech or something derogatory about someone else … We’re all human things

a fuck if you’re Jewish, Black, quiet, tutti frutti  Tuttie fruttie, I

here tonight loudly and proudly and in solidarity with Allen, his family, all of

and fuck anybody who says anything in that manner

Mellencamp described as a “true mentch,” later revealed to reporters that he was not clued

no idea what he was gonna say; he wanted to keep it secret,” said Grubman,