Why is run dmc in the rock and roll hall of fame?

I know this is an old issue but it keeps bugging the hell out of me. I understand why blues and jazz musicians are in there. They're in there cause that music had an influence in what rock was and still is. But how does any rap artist get in. It's really frustrating.|||Because there is no credible Rap Hall of Fame. There is a Country Music Hall of Fame and a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I guess it's less of a stretch to put them in the latter.|||Run dmc did walk this way, with aerosmith,


idakno if that's enough but it's something.|||Well I ask that question myself too