CLEVELAND, OHIO – OCTOBER 19: (L-R) Inductees James J.T. Taylor and Robert ‘Kool’ Bell of Kool & The Gang perform onstage during the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony streaming on Disney+ at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on October 19, 2024 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Kevin Kane/Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)
NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 14: (L-R) Dennis Thomas, George Brown, Robert “Kool” Bell, and Ronald Bell attend the Songwriters Hall of Fame 49th Annual Induction and Awards Dinner at New York Marriott Marquis Hotel on June 14, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Songwriters Hall Of Fame )
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MAY 19: Kool & the Gang attend ABC’s “American Idol” Finale on May 19, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
