I feel like every artist starts out by trying to emulate who they look up to creatively
It only becomes a problem when they cant move past that and actually transform the influence into something else
Maybe, not always some people just naturally have a unique style. The entry bar part is more true for rappers, cus a lot of these dudes think theyll be successful by copying something popular
I realized that many rappers are jus dudes who know other artists or know some industry folk and start rapping just becquse they have an avenue for promoting their music
Them dudes be lacking any artistic vision so they jus copy their friends