That is a separate thread conversation and honestly I think the biggest issue has been that rap is ran by tall Israelis and their ilk. It’s a media format we don’t control but it’s suppose to represent us. Back in the 80’s there was a lot more “this represents reality” than there is now due to the internet making anything and everything a candidate for going viral. So the image is more important than the art, and the art is basically maintaining an image.
It’s why Snoop, Soulja, and Ross lost the script, this might be a quick buck but chasing a quick buck didn’t work for Kanye and Trump, it didn’t work for James Brown and Reagan, or Sammy Davis and Nixon. This c00n shyt has and will continue to isolate artist from black people. It’s not a literal minstrel show like Ben Vereen, but we seen it can become that quick.