Here's Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins) a Chicago born dyed in the wool anti-establishment 90's libtard talking about this very phenomenon. He got a front row seat & a backstage pass to how the industry was run.
@catmanmancat I always said rap is crap even when I was younger. It’s weird though if you listen to music in the early 2000’s it’s mostly rap and hip hop.