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