dunno if its already been said, replied right when i saw this, but the answer is yes. absolutely it does. rock is an umbrella with a ton of subgenres , and even those subgenres morph and change and spawn new subgenres every couple years. rarely is anyone a "fan of rock"... usually fans of a specific sound , subgenre, scene, or cluster of bands.
rap does this too, but for some reason it doesnt get its just-due and people just lump everything together. thats why you have people constantly comparing artists that have no business being mentioned next to one another or writing comments like "what happened? back in my day they could spit" on the comment section of Lil Xan videos. or stations like Hot 97 who will play Lil Pump at night, but then have a 50 year old DJ come on the same very station in the morning and shyt on "mumble rappers"
im not sure why. its not an age of the genre thing, because rap has been around what...35 years? now more than ever there are subgenres and rap-influenced artists who arent rappers (like Post Malone) but get lumped into everything .
we're already kinda starting to see rap branch legit subgenres with different audiences and there literally is a lane for everyone, of all ages and backgrounds, normal shyt, weird shyt, etc...
its only the
heads who go on about "the culture" who keep everything lumped together for some weird reason. maybe they're still used to only getting one or two stations on the dial.. the "urban" stations..not realizing the world's moved beyond radio...
do people think "the culture" was the same around hair metal and prog rock in the early 80s? both rock, technically, but with drastically different scenes and audiences
but its false to think rock fans support all subgenres of rock from all eras. there are dozens and dozens of bands from the grunge / alt era in the 90s who were popping, that are struggling today or have moved onto the 9-5 family life thing.
rock's lionized acts like rolling stones etc... will always be supported. but...so will rap's . thats why jay is still touring, nas is still dropping music, etc..