Bottom line: Rap isn’t rock ‘n’ roll
YOUR article about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame snubbing rappers is ridiculous [“Rock Hall of Fame Leaves Rappers Out of Its New Class,” by Chris Lee, Nov. 29].
Rappers should never be honored in such an institution. There is one reason: Rap is not rock. It is an entirely different genre. So, yeah, rappers didn’t get honored because they don’t make rock music.
EDDIE TRAGER
Santa Barbara
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THE Rock and Roll Hall of Fame found no worthy candidates from the class of 1980? That was the year X released “Los Angeles.” I guess the folks at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame are starting to sound like my parents when the Beatles arrived in 1964.
LOUIS JACINTO
Los Angeles
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