Not late i listen to and like all of them, none of them will be mainstream like a vma and billboard level and thats ok , thats why their underground

no one cares about mainstream anymore

I mean ig, but that doesnt mean mainstream doesnt exist. Youre not special cuz u listen to these niggas man so do i lol

All of them

i know im not special thats my point, ik that the kids is way more invested in these artists than the "mainstream"

Cant be true cuz the numbers dont add up, if the kids were, theyd atleast be ice spice or close to it level. Ken Is an exception but the rest nah

“The kids” and its a nigga with 19k views

depends what numbers ur talking about. also u gotta recognize obviously an industry plant like ice spice will get more views because of bots and promo. thats like saying no one cares about nas because vanilla ice sold more

destroy lonely (autistic)

I mean when i was a kid and listened to the underground rap of the time, only certain niggas knew. Kids most of the time arent hip into certain scenes cuz they too young to care

i mean i shouldnt even be here defending these niggas cus tbh im not a huge fan of most of em an i feel like they pretty much all wasted their limelight, but i feel like the underground in general is very popular with the youth and in time some of these artists might be considered legends like uzi etc.

tana, che, ken, etc. some of these artists are cementing a legacy

I honestly dont see it. And thats not being older or a hater cuz like i said i listen to all of this. And i enjoy it, its fun. But i cant see it lasting in the longrun. Uzi’s era etc lasted and blew up so big because at that time, that kind of scene wasnt tapped into, so it was more new and fresh, and helped rap become number 1. But these artist now are not getting those same early uzi etc numbers cuz rap isnt number 1 anymore and ppl have already seen this. Its not shocking or edgy anymore. Could they become underground legends sure, but i cant seem many of them being super big mainly cuz its not THAT wanted anymore outside of 15 year olds, and not even all 15 year olds

Like alot of these guys are on year 2-3

By then most of Uzi class was on tv, radio etc

The industry doesnt rly give a s*** about putting on artists anymore, back when uzi was going in he was getting put on by people like dj cannon dj drama etc., now no one put on summrs kankan iayze etc only lonely and ken got put on and we see how huge that was for their popularity. Besides yeat (thanks to drake) no one else has any industry push really. The fact that they are doing the numbers that theyre doing is a testament to the dedication of their fanbases which are growing every day despite their lack of output. You can look at the spotify numbers theyve been steady or going up for a lot of these artists despite some of them basically being retired.

im basically a scientist when it comes to this s***. ive worked with artists ik how this s*** works. the only difference between summrs and yeat is a drake cosign

Ok i can see that

To be fair 3 years ago we had covid

Yeat had a bigger buzz than Summrs long before the Drake cosign

Only for a few months

I remember early 2021 yeat was in the 10k soundcloud play phase. A few months later he exploded. I was listening to dude when he was getting like 1k plays

Back then summrs was on top and it wasn't a debate rly

They let the degeneracy get in the way of their career advancement. It’s a shame cause dudes like Summrs and Autumn are very talented imo. Better than s*** like ice spice

Once he dropped Up 2 Me he was a whole tier ahead of slayworld

Actually nvm. He had a Drake co-sign even back then

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@op so aside from the list you posted, do you listen to any other artists? basically just Wayne?

That was late 2021

Yeat went from completely unknown to one of the hottest artists in a span of a year