Gene Simmons Says Rap Doesn’t ‘Belong’ in Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: ‘I Don’t Come From the Ghetto’
Billboard | 11.02.2026 23:22Gene Simmons has strong opinions on the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and he’s not backing down from them anytime soon. In a recent podcast interview, the KISS rocker reiterated his belief that the organization shouldn’t induct hip-hop stars, saying the genre “doesn’t speak [his] language.”
