He's more culturally relevant as a commentator than he ever was an artist.
For good reason. It's also the most public he's been as a rapper. But every guest he's ever sat down with has acknowledged him as an actual rapper from Nicki to chance to push to Gibbs etc.
I get not liking him off his personality but ya'll tryna hate so bad you're lying lol. There's a reason he has transitioned so well and done nothing but continue to gain fans as he goes and hits different paths.
You can think he's corny or whatever. It's cool. Nicki wasn't wrong when she said that a lot of people let him slide because of how good of a rapper he was/is. Him also being good on TV and as a media personality doesn't remove that.
Let's put it like this. If he ever retires, not only will he outsell every slaughterhouse member, he'll have his best selling, reviewed and talked about album. He would easily crack 100k with his current mindset and set of friends. If he made his Damn., it would fukking go - literally the only thing holding back his success as a rapper is himself. If he took that shyt like he does podcasting, he could have a 2 chainz moment