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Run-DMC joins the heavy metal band Metallica, guitarist and former Yardbirds member Jeff Beck; soul singer and guitarist Bobby Womack and doo-wop group Little Anthony and the Imperials as this year鈥檚 inductee class.

Though Run-DMC wasn鈥檛 among the first rap acts, they were the first to achieve widespread mainstream success, and the first to notch a platinum album with 1986鈥檚 鈥淩aising Hell.鈥� The rapping duo of Joseph 鈥淩un鈥� Simmons and Darryl 鈥淒MC鈥� McDaniels 鈥� plus their DJ, the late Jam Master Jay 鈥� were rap鈥檚 first rock stars. They had hits with songs like 鈥淢y Adiddas鈥� and 鈥淚t鈥檚 Tricky,鈥� but had their greatest success when they remade Aerosmith鈥檚 鈥淲alk This Way鈥� with the rock act for a groundbreaking collaboration.

In an interview Wednesday, McDaniels called Run-DMC鈥檚 induction 鈥渋nconceivable.鈥�

鈥淚鈥檓 a rap dude, I鈥檓 an MC from Hollis (a neighborhood in New York鈥檚 borough of Queens), just rockin鈥� the mic, and to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with the Beatles, and (Bob) Dylan, and the rock 鈥檔鈥� roll gods? It鈥檚 ridiculous! Ridiculous in a good way,鈥� he said.

He also gave a nod to the predecessors who paved the way for the group鈥檚 success: 鈥淚 share this nomination and the induction and the whole award with those cats, everyone from the Bronx and Harlem who started this.鈥�

Jam Master Jay 鈥� whose real name was Jason Mizell 鈥� was shot to death in his recording studio in 2002. McDaniels doesn鈥檛 consider the induction bittersweet 鈥� 鈥渂ecause Jay isn鈥檛 here to celebrate doesn鈥檛 mean he鈥檚 not partaking in this event鈥� 鈥� but said he couldn鈥檛 see the duo performing during the April 4 induction ceremony in Cleveland without him.

鈥淲e can鈥檛 do it without Jay,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 want people to remember the last time they saw us together, the three of us.鈥�

Like Run-DMC, Metallica made its debut 25 years ago with the seminal album 鈥淜ill 鈥橢m All,鈥� and became pioneers in their genre, with their thrashing metal sound, led by the frenetic guitar play of James Hetfield and the drumming of Lars Ulrich. One of rock鈥檚 more enduring bands, the group has sold upwards of 60 million records in the United States alone, and are still one of music鈥檚 most successful acts: They are on a top-selling tour, their latest album, 鈥淒eath Magnetic,鈥� has sold more than a million copies and has also been nominated for Grammy awards.

鈥淟ife is good in Metallica right now. A lot of good things are happening. Quite opposite of what they were during the `St. Anger鈥� time,鈥� said Hetfield, referring to the 2003 CD that was reviled by many Metallica fans.

The group 鈥� which also consists of guitarist Kirk Hammett and bass player Robert Trujillo 鈥� also went through periods of infighting (famously chronicled in the 2004 documentary 鈥淢etallica: Some Kind of Monster鈥�).

鈥淪o all the work and effort that we put into our relationship back then has brought a lot of fruits of labor with that, on this album, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Grammys. So we鈥檙e feeling good,鈥� Hetfield added.

He also said the honor was for everyone who had played with the group: Late bassist Cliff Burton and bassist Jason 蜜柚直播ted, who will also be inducted.

Cleveland native Womack, who was part of the group the Womack Brothers until breaking out on his own with hits including 鈥淚f You Think You鈥檙e Lonely Now,鈥� said the induction ceremony would bring him back home for the first time in almost three decades.

鈥淭his is just the greatest, I鈥檓 extremely happy,鈥� he said. 鈥淚t proves that, if you鈥檙e blessed to be able to wait on what鈥檚 important to you, a lot of things will change in life.鈥�

Besides the main inductees, rockabilly singer Wanda Jackson got a nod for the early influence category, and the sidemen inductees are session musician Spooner Oldham and two of Elvis Presley鈥檚 musicians 鈥� drummer D.J. Fontana and bassist Bill Black.

The induction ceremony is returning to Cleveland after several years in New York City. It will aired live by the Fuse network.

The hall of fame also announced on Wednesday that Bruce Springsteen will be the focus of a new exhibit called 鈥淔rom Asbury Park to the Promised Land: The Life and Music of Bruce Springsteen.鈥� It opens April 1.