Gallery: He's called WHAT?! You'll never believe the REAL names of these stars! (BANG Showbiz)Before giving their own speeches, Foo Fighters gave a quick three-song performance of 'Best of You', 'My Hero' and 'Everlong'.
Elsewhere, Jay-Z admitted it was an "incredible honour" to be inducted into the hall because hip-hop had previously been dismissed as a "fad".
He said: "Thank you, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, for this incredible honour. And you know, growing up, we didn’t think we could be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
We were told that hip-hop was a fad. Much like punk rock, it gave us this anticulture, this subgenre, and there were heroes in it.
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