NEW YORK, March 5 (UPI) -- Jay-Z, Keith Richards and Eddie Vedder will help induct the latest class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in New York.
Rapper Jay-Z will induct Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, while Pearl Jam's front man will induct R.E.M., Billboard said.
Rolling Stones guitarist Richards will usher in the Ronettes.
Patti Smith will be inducted by Rage Against The Machine vocalist Zach de la Rocha.
Velvet Revolver will introduce Van Halen, whose summer tour with original vocalist David Lee Roth recently collapsed. The group has yet to say which members, if any, will attend the event.
Aretha Franklin will perform a tribute to the late Ahmet Ertegun, who served as the chairman of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation and spoke at the beginning of each annual induction ceremony.
The induction will be next Monday.
