The rocker doubled down on his comments while speaking to PEOPLE ...
"Hip-hop does not belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, nor does opera or symphony, orchestras," says the Kiss singer.
The bassist addressed backlash after using racially charged language while talking about what makes an artist Hall of Fame ...
Simmons has once again slashed the asking price of his former Beverly Hills home—months after trimming a half-million dollars ...
Always good for a bad quip, KISS' Gene Simmons is back at it about hip-hop. Here is what he said, but shouldn't have.
The Public Enemy has weighed in after the KISS bassist said that hip-hop "doesn't belong in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame." ...
Gene Simmons is standing by his recent comments, which proclaimed that hip-hop artists should not be in the Rock & Roll Hall ...
Chuck D responded to Gene Simmons' latest comments about Hip-Hop not belonging in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during a TMZ ...
The KISS frontman slammed the institution for including rap and hip-hop artists: "I don't come from the ghetto, it doesn't speak my language." ...
Public Enemy's Chuck D responds to Gene Simmons' belief that hip-hop doesn't belong in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.