I've listened to some of his stuff and his music has no commercial appeal. If the industry was scared of him then he'd have never been offered deals.
"Some" being the operative word, probably not even 10 percent. His music has commercial appeal and he's sold records too. Do you know what commercial appeal means? He was offered deals before he joined the N.O.I and got even more positive, as his subject matter started to change the label people wanted him to compromise his content and do certain types of shyt, he refused, he's even banned from certain radio stations cause of what he represented. This is what happens when you don't know the history, just speaking blindly and incorrectly.