{"id":73579,"date":"2026-09-25T19:29:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T19:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/25\/sza-gets-inducted-into-new-jersey-hall-of-fame-by-danny-devito\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T19:29:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T19:29:48","slug":"sza-gets-inducted-into-new-jersey-hall-of-fame-by-danny-devito","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/25\/sza-gets-inducted-into-new-jersey-hall-of-fame-by-danny-devito\/","title":{"rendered":"SZA Gets Inducted Into New Jersey Hall of Fame by Danny Devito"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n\tSZA<\/a> is a seven-time Grammy Award winner with two RIAA diamond certified hit singles and the Hal David Starlight Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame \u2014 but one of her greatest accomplishments came Thursday night as she was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame by Danny DeVito.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cGot inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame,\u201d SZA wrote on Instagram<\/a>. \u201cMORE IMPORTANTLY I MET DANNY DEVITO.\u201d DeVito hosted the induction ceremony at Dream Live Performing Arts Center at American Dream. He was inducted in 2010.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe singer and songwriter\u2019s speech at the actual ceremony was more earnest. \u201cThis is probably one of the biggest honors I\u2019ve ever had,\u201d she said. SZA was born in St. Louis, but raised in the Maplewood, New Jersey suburbs. \u201cI love Jersey, every corner of Jersey,\u201d she said. She shared fond memories of working everywhere from a pizza parlor to a shoe store, but also of the community she built in her hometown.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI just love community, and I promise to take that energy of community around the world wherever I go,\u201d SZA said. \u201cWhen it\u2019s time to start a charity or just help other people, I think about how I come from a small town where everybody knows each other\u2019s first and last name. We\u2019ve all participated in each other\u2019s lives and in raising each other, and I\u2019m honored. So thank you so much.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tSZA joins previous New Jersey Hall of Fame inductees Whitney Houston, Queen Latifah, Wyclef Jean, Paul Rudd, Toni Morrison, Tony Bennett, the Isley Brothers, Meryl Streep, Jonas Brothers, Frank Sinatra, Bruce Springsteen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and more. During her speech, SZA shouted out New Jersey\u2019s own Lauryn Hill, who attended the same high school as her. Hill has not yet been inducted. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt kind of prepared me for the world because it\u2019s not utopian, but it\u2019s very real,\u201d SZA said about growing up in New Jersey. \u201cSometimes people over Jersey and go straight to New York. But they\u2019re missing the meat. They\u2019re missing the energy. They\u2019re missing the heartbeat of the tri-state.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n