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<p dir="auto"><strong>cryptoflovecraft</strong> — <em>1 month ago(February 14, 2026 06:14 PM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">Very rarely do I agree with Gene Simmons on anything but he's right about this. Rap and hip-hop have no place in the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame.<br />
Wed, February 11, 2026<br />
Gene Simmons says legendary rap and hip-hop artists don’t have a place in the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame.<br />
The KISS frontman tried to make a case for excluding certain artists from rock’s biggest honor during a podcast interview with LegendsNLeaders.<br />
“The fact that, for instance, Iron Maiden is not in the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame, when they can sell out stadiums and Grandmaster Flash is, right?” he said in an interview first posted last week. “Ice Cube and I had a back and forth [about this]. He’s a bright guy and I respect what he’s done. It’s not my music. I don’t come from the ghetto. It doesn’t speak my language.”<br />
Continued Simmons: “And I said in print many times: Hip-hop does not belong in the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame. Nor does opera, symphonies, orchestras. How come the New York Philharmonic doesn’t get in the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame? Because it’s called the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame!”<br />
“But [Ice Cube] shot back and said, ‘No, it’s the spirit of rock ‘n’ roll.’ Okay, fine. So Ice Cube and Grandmaster Flash and all these guys are in the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame. I just want to know when Led Zeppelin is going to be in the Hip-Hop Hall of Fame. ‘Oh, you can’t do that.’ Oh, really? Music has labels because it describes an approach. Hip-hop and rap is a spoken word art. There are some melodies but, by and large, it’s a verbal thing.”<br />
“It just doesn’t speak to me,” he concluded. “The genius of being able to put music and words and arrange it is much more complex.”<br />
The Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame had no immediate comment on Simmons’ remarks.<br />
KISS was inducted into the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame in 2014. Ice Cube’s rap group N.W.A. was inducted two years later. Other rap artists who have been inducted include Eminem and Jay-Z.<br />
Ice Cube previously said about the issue, “Rock ‘n’ roll is not an instrument. It’s not even a style of music. It’s a spirit that’s been going on since the blues, jazz, bebop, soul, rock ‘n’ roll, R&amp;B, heavy metal, punk rock and, yes, hip-hop. Rock ‘n’ roll is not conforming to the people who came before you, but creating your own path in music and life.”<br />
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<p dir="auto">Run DMC's Walk This Way and Anthrax's I'm The Man alone disprove that theory.<br />
My password is password.</p>
]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1449268</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1449268</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:58:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Gene Simmons: Hip-Hop Music Doesn&#x27;t Belong in the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:57:58 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>/.ㅤ</strong> — <em>1 month ago(February 15, 2026 01:29 PM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">I don't see how his opinion could be controversial. There should be a Rap and Hip-hop Hall of Fame that can induct them. It can be a small annex to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame if they really want to be associated with it.<br />
My password is password.</p>
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<p dir="auto">99% of the **** in the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame doesn't belong there. Low estimate.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Gene is right. They soiled the rock and roll hall of fame by including all those street thugs.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Pretty sure Elvis would feel the same about KISS.<br />
My password is password.</p>
]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1449264</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1449264</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:57:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Gene Simmons: Hip-Hop Music Doesn&#x27;t Belong in the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:57:51 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>LadyGigi Savige</strong> — <em>1 month ago(February 15, 2026 04:21 AM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">Two talentless jerk offs where one steals music off of others albums and the other just ****ing talks which ANYONE can do!<br />
Jay-Z says "not guilty. Yawl gots to feel me"</p>
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<p dir="auto">I agree.<br />
How come the New York Philharmonic doesn’t get in the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame? Because it’s called the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame!”<br />
Good point.<br />
“It just doesn’t speak to me,” he concluded. “The genius of being able to put music and words and arrange it is much more complex.”<br />
With the hip rap hop **** what the **** ever, all you need is two.<br />
A DJ and a rapper.<br />
Two talentless jerk offs where one steals music off of others albums and the other just ****ing talks which ANYONE can do!<br />
With rock that takes a hell of a lot more time from learning the instrument to practice to perform which means that takes talent.<br />
Ice Cube previously said about the issue, “Rock ‘n’ roll is not an instrument. It’s not even a style of music. It’s a spirit that’s been going on since the blues, jazz, bebop, soul, rock ‘n’ roll, R&amp;B, heavy metal, punk rock and, yes, hip-hop. Rock ‘n’ roll is not conforming to the people who came before you, but creating your own path in music and life.”<br />
What a bunch of bullshit to justify his ****ty ****.<br />
"Please vote to preserve the unique character of Warren…" - Robert Duvall</p>
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<p dir="auto">I agree.</p>
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<p dir="auto">I agree with Gene Simmons. Wtf do hip hop rappers wanna be party of the rock n roll  of fame because rappers are all about desperation for fame. Hip hop needs to create it's own Hall of Fame.<br />
Put a muzzle on Tits Malone, PI</p>
]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1449260</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1449260</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:57:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Gene Simmons: Hip-Hop Music Doesn&#x27;t Belong in the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:57:44 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>BOOMSHIT</strong> — <em>1 month ago(February 14, 2026 11:43 PM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">blacks have to ruin everything because they are jealous that they can't build their own hall of fames<br />
jestergooning</p>
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<p dir="auto">*China<br />
My password is password.</p>
]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1449258</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1449258</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:57:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Gene Simmons: Hip-Hop Music Doesn&#x27;t Belong in the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:57:41 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>/.ㅤ</strong> — <em>1 month ago(February 15, 2026 12:23 AM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">There would be no need for musical instruments without music. Drums being some of the oldest instruments invented in Africa.<br />
My password is password.</p>
]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1449257</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1449257</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:57:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Gene Simmons: Hip-Hop Music Doesn&#x27;t Belong in the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:57:39 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>Donna2.0</strong> — <em>1 month ago(February 15, 2026 01:01 AM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">Correct<br />
Put a muzzle on Tits Malone, PI</p>
]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1449256</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1449256</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:57:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Gene Simmons: Hip-Hop Music Doesn&#x27;t Belong in the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:57:37 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>BOOMSHIT</strong> — <em>1 month ago(February 15, 2026 12:32 AM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">blacks also created the universe and they created white people too<br />
jestergooning</p>
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<p dir="auto">I said blacks created MOST forms of music. Fat retard. Not ALL forms of music. Learn to read.<br />
My password is password.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Not Classical or Opera.<br />
Donna/LadyGigi Savige needs to sit her ass down!</p>
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<p dir="auto">Blacks created rock music and most others forms of music you fat retard.<br />
My password is password.</p>
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<p dir="auto">They would still have drums.<br />
Donna/LadyGigi Savige needs to sit her ass down!</p>
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<p dir="auto">If it weren't for Caucasians and their contributions to music the Blacks wouldn't have musical instruments or music composition.<br />
My password is password.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Both genres overstayed their welcome.<br />
Put a muzzle on Tits Malone, PI</p>
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<p dir="auto">Not even close.<br />
Donna/LadyGigi Savige needs to sit her ass down!</p>
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<p dir="auto">Hip hop and pop music are on par. So pop music is crap also.<br />
Put a muzzle on Tits Malone, PI</p>
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<p dir="auto">No, but it's a legit genre.<br />
Hip Hop and Rap are crap.<br />
Donna/LadyGigi Savige needs to sit her ass down!</p>
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<p dir="auto">My password is password.</p>
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