Gene Simmons "Looking Forward to the Death of Rap," Talib Kweli "Looking Forward to the Death of Gene Simmons"
Kiss‘ Gene Simmons gave an interview with Rolling Stone where he said, “I am looking forward to the death of rap. … Rap will die.” Talib Kweli responded, tweeting, “Would it be unfair of me to say I’m looking forward to the death [of] @genesimmons or nah? Chuck Berry shits on Kiss.”
In the interview, Simmons’ argument was that hip-hop would go away “next year, 10 years from now, at some point, and then something else will come along. And all that is good and healthy.” He later tweeted:
Apparently pointing out that everything is cyclical – even music – is “controversial”. People are very easily offended.
— Gene Simmons (@genesimmons) March 18, 2016
Me: Rock is dead
people: outrage!
Me: Rap will probably die eventually.
People: outrage!
Me: the sky is blue.
People: sometimes it’s orange!— Gene Simmons (@genesimmons) March 18, 2016
Kweli responded:
Pointing out everything is “cyclical” is different than “looking forward” to things dying. Do better Gene. https://t.co/7OJHZLHPdf
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) March 18, 2016
Some KRS One lyrics for @genesimmons
A photo posted by Talib Kweli (@talibkweli) onMar 18, 2016 at 7:12am PDT
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