LAS VEGAS, NV – NOVEMBER 07: (L-R) Honorees Dennis Thomas, George Brown and Robert “Kool” Bell of Kool and the Gang during the 2014 Soul Train Music Awards at the Orleans Arena on November 7, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Earl Gibson/BET/Getty Images for BET)
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)