Less money going around? These viral artists like Slim Jesus are creating their own money, they ain't getting signed by labels and taking spots. Dude went viral on youtube and is booking his own shows, how is that causing less money for a different rapper?
Who said anything about getting signed by labels and taking spots? The label is the WORST thing an act would want to do right now, especially since these labels are mostly only offering 360 deals and tend to only give deals now unless you did all the work.
Yes, he is doing everything you said. Why? Because his fans have brought into his brand. His brand is living/behaving like a criminal and selling it. People want to live vicariously through that. The problem is, people who have really put in work or are trying to get put on, or don't know how to create their own ecosystem, see this shit and look on in disbelief.
Ok, and what about the 9 out of 10 other "gangster" rappers who are fakes since the 80's? This is the fakest genre of music that exists, never hurt the "reals" getting put on.
Who are these fake gangster rappers? Yes it's the fakest genre of music. But it's also the one where you are more likely to get beat up, robbed, shot or killed. You think rock acts have to worry about their shows getting shot up? You think Jazz artists have to worry about another Jazz artist robbing them at gun point? You think country artists have to worry about another country artist knocking them out at a show on GP?
How does this in any way shape or form answer how a skinny white kid on youtube is stopping real artists from eating? Like I stated earlier, Slim Jesus gets youtube revenue off of music video views, ANY rapper can do that. Slim Jesus books his own shows at rap venues with no major label backing based on his youtube views, once again ANY rapper can do that.
I just explained it and I've been explaining it.
Slim Jesus didn't take some roster spot on a major label from "real artist", he's making his money himself. There ain't a rapper out there that had to commit a crime because Slim Jesus got paid from 17 million youtube views lol
I have said NOTHING about a major label or a label period so stop talking about that. This has nothing to do with a label. PERIOD. This is about FANS buying into an image that a person sold, but then someone else, who didn't buy into that image, chose to say fuck this shit. Again, people have DIED for this shit and when they see someone who has NOT put in work, rappin about the shit they lived, and eating from it, then they too say fuck it and the. They do what needs to be done.
He was prey. This was bound to happen and will continue to happen. Weak people are preyed on until/unless they can pay for enough protection.