Most of the people who like Tekashi would just as easily jump on a Slim Jesus, I won't. They like the fukkkery too, but that's all they like, and they want a young face to go with it: because they live vicariously through them. That's why Chief Keef took people's imaginations by storm. They were never used to young nikkas like those in the Drill scene doing this gangsta rap shyt.
Me, I'd rather listen to some Bay Area vets, some Philly vets, some NY vets. People you might mistake for being "new" or unfamiliar but when you look at their catalog, they run heavy so I can go back and listen to their old shyt.
Hip hop is so politicized, if you from the Bay or Philly or Texas, you're borderline blackballed. So i try to lend my support to them more. NY was undershined for a couple years too. Unless you from Atlanta or some young nikka who on some hypebeast / homo shyt, Worldstar and most sites don't even cover you. These people are curating (picking and choosing) for you who to like. No matter what people say about internet and choices, a "culture" is defined by the majority. This culture is being controlled, its a matrix.