Popular music is madd trash, lol. I'm like the anti-bitter oldhead too so I don't even be on that type shyt...but look at who/what's celebrated.
Drake is "artist" of the decade? A rapper who doesn't even write a lot of their own shyt? Someone like him just in general, the level of corniness (

)...is basically the posterchild for hip hop music?
DojaCat has rap song of the year?
Machine Gun Kelly is Rock n Roll artist of the year?
Only reason I'm not fully disgusted is because this is the Billboard Awards, idk the criterion they use but I'm pretty sure it's only based on sales/popularity...but even still, these fugazi ass imaginary streaming numbers and shyt making these people look bigger than they really are dirties it up from that side too. Fans tend to equate popularity with quality, especially today's fans who are so invested in what someone is selling/making, so I understand it...it's still all fukkery tho.