Gene Simmons on Rock & Roll Hall of Fame introducing rappers "I dont come from the ghetto"

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  • user_offlineforeve

    bro just saying shi

  • internet buddy

    Nope. Rock and roll is a spirit

    Which is simultaneously too broad and subjective to mean anything, and too reductive, using a single subgenre of popular music from the 1950s as a benchmark for every artist since. It's not any truer than saying all the inductees have the 'spirit' of blues or the 'spirit' of R&B, except those genres haven't been so fetishised under boomer cultural hegemony (it's anyone's guess why, LOL).

  • His group was ass and none of their songs hit :shrug

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    Only known for their image and logo

    Niggas don’t know kiss music lmao

  • The statement would probably hurt more if it came from a music artist or group worth giving a f*** about in 2026.

  • “Someone who knows nothing about hip hop describes why they don’t like hip hop”

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    Only known for their image and logo

    Niggas don’t know kiss music lmao

    KISS is so f***in ass

  • Tbh I never got why it’s called the rock & roll hall of fame atp

  • There are plenty of non hip-hop/rock artist in the RRHOF. F*** him and his opinion on it.

  • Cam Skattebo Fan

    KISS is so f***in ass

    Nobody respect them niggas

  • Kiss sucks anyway lol f*** this guy

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    Eh f*** the rock an roll hall of fame tbh

    I dont completely disagree with him but if he gonna say f*** rap then f*** whatever s*** he on

  • whitegirl

    Eh f*** the rock an roll hall of fame tbh

    I dont completely disagree with him but if he gonna say f*** rap then f*** whatever s*** he on

    They should just rename it and have a straight up popular music hall of fame

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    Wrong messenger/message but correct overall point cause why tf are there rappers in the rock hall of fame

  • I’d one punch this old f*** into the afterlife

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    Simple solution just change it to the American music hall of fame and tell grandpa to STFU

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    And

  • BlueDream

    Only mentions Eminem and Ice Cube
    Says hip hop lacks melodies
    Thinks the genre will die in 10 years
    Thinks you have to be from the “streets” to enjoy it

    I can tell this man hasn’t heard a single hip hop song since 2002

    '92

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    Its disgusting how they try to make it seem like hip hop has no soul and its just “rhyming” and “beats”. Kind of along the line of what post malone said about hip hop when he was drunk

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    Seafoam

    Its disgusting how they try to make it seem like hip hop has no soul and its just “rhyming” and “beats”. Kind of along the line of what post malone said about hip hop when he was drunk

    i would claim i was drunk too if i was getting cancelled

    f*** that dude

  • onedeep

    I've always been confused by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame randomly honouring other genres, but doing a little research, it seems like the intent was always to honour the entirety of popular music, not just rock and roll. Some of the earliest inductees were soul and country musicians. In fact, the founders also considered building the Hall of Fame in Detroit (because it was the home of Motown) and New Orleans (because it was the home of jazz). The founders solipsistically saw all modern American music as being downstream of rock and roll, which meant that any artist could theoretically be included. Seems like the best solution would be to change the name.

    yeah makes sense.

    maybe make an actual rock n roll hall of fame for just rock n roll n rename that s*** music hall of fame

  • Seafoam

    Its disgusting how they try to make it seem like hip hop has no soul and its just “rhyming” and “beats”. Kind of along the line of what post malone said about hip hop when he was drunk

    i mean hip-hop is a whole 5 pillars its never been just that. but hip-hop is dead some ppl rly do just rhyme and thats it

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    And I know rapper Eminem can rap quickly. I wish him more success. I really don't give a f***.

    Nah word lmfao

  • F*** gene Simmons bro

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    Seafoam

    Its disgusting how they try to make it seem like hip hop has no soul and its just “rhyming” and “beats”. Kind of along the line of what post malone said about hip hop when he was drunk

    What did he say

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