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Why is #InductJanet trending on Twitter?

Janet Jackson will return to Atlanta at the end of the year. Photo: Getty Images.

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Janet Jackson will return to Atlanta at the end of the year. Photo: Getty Images.
By Jewel Wicker
April 29, 2016

By JEWEL WICKER/ Jewel.wicker@ajc.com, originally filed Friday, April 29, 2016

Did you notice #InductJanet trending on Twitter this morning?

The hashtag was apparently started by fans of Janet Jackson who want the singer to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

A Facebook page and Twitter account titled "Induct Janet," is encouraging fans to tweet the hashtag at 8 p.m. EST on April 30 when HBO airs the 2016 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. The ceremony occurred on April 8.

ExploreCheap Trick, Chicago, Deep Purple, N.W.A. and Steve Miller were inducted this year. 

The hashtag might have started to trend a day early as a result of Jackson tweeting this:

ExploreThe singer recently postponed her tour to "plan a family" with here husband.

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