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GENE SIMMONS CAN’T WAIT FOR THE DEATH OF RAP

Kiss singer Gene Simmons created a firestorm in the hip hop community when he commented to Rolling Stone “I’m looking forward to the death of rap!” And Gene thinks rappers have no place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.They sample and talk – they don’t even SING!” He says he likes SOME rap but “I don’t have the cultural background to appreciate being a gangster.” The Family Jewels reality star took his wife of five years, Shannon Tweed, to the Grove for some shopping and dining.

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Monday, May 9, 2016

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  1. Festus

    I love the group KISS. I don’t like rap very much. Gene Simmon’s is an old extremely talented song writer, entertainer, business man and whore has the world’s biggest ego.

  2. Tooty McPooty

    I can’t decide what looks more ludicrous. Gene’s comical kinky skull cap hair or Shannon’s stretched out duck lips. They both look a fright.

    But I do agree with his assessment of Rap. Rap IS NOT music. It is just noise.

  3. Wilson

    Gene’s hair looks like a Brillo pad. Is it real or a bad wig?

  4. rap you really suck

    Rap is horrible. It can’t die fast enough. Bring back Jazz.

  5. Gladys Kravitz

    Gene lives for one thing…your money

  6. sandyRED

    I agree with Gene. Rap is a low-class way of expressing anger. It all sounds alike. You don’t need any talent to Rap. We need real music and lyrics for most of us folks.

  7. Bawlmer

    Amen, for what he has given to music, he can give any opinion he wants. And he is right, all they do is sample and rhyme, they DON’T sing They should have their own HOF and leave them out of the Rock n’ roll HOF.

  8. Kitty

    I agree with him. I hate rap.

  9. Palermo

    He will die before rap does

  10. Miss Eva

    Couldn’t agree with him more. Rap is the lowest common denominator of music, IMO.

  11. susieserb

    Ballsy and he’s entitled to his opinion, which I happen to agree with.

    This isn’t race it’s style; rap is in a category of it’s own.

  12. ah-yuck

    We can’t wait for the death of his wig. This old fool seems to forget where rock originated from.

  13. Just Janet

    Gene Simmons looks like a midget Andre the giant, when are all these old stupid people going to die away?

  14. batman

    Alzheimer is a terrible disseas……………