"The fact that, for instance, Iron Maiden is not in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame when they can sell out stadiums, and Grandmaster Flash is... Ice Cube and I had a back and forth - he's a bright guy, and I respect what he's done. It's not my music. I don't come from the ghetto. It doesn't speak my language."
"I said in print many times: Hip-hop does not belong in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, nor does opera, symphony orchestras... it's called the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. But [Ice Cube] shot back and said, 'No, it's the spirit of rock 'n' roll.' OK, fine ... I just want to know when Led Zeppelin's gonna be in the Hip-Hop Hall of Fame."
Inclusion of hip-hop artists in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is criticized as inconsistent with the Hall's name and purpose. Stadium-selling rock bands such as Iron Maiden are cited as excluded examples while Grandmaster Flash and Ice Cube are cited as inducted hip-hop figures. Hip-hop is characterized as a spoken-word art built on beats and verbal rhyming rather than melodic instrumentation and guitar playing. The critique extends to opera and symphony orchestras as genres supposedly unsuited to a rock institution and asserts rock music is more complex due to arranging words and music.
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