To ignore the fact that they over-hype their own rappers, no matter how bad they are is pretty ridiculous. Let's be honest, every white boy pretty much believes eminem is the best even tho he's been trash for about 10 years now. The MGK comment makes no sense. Hell, Ghost Face Killah was never a big name rapper, yet when a white boy stole his entire flow, whites acted like he was next rap star. Whites even hyped Iggy up. At one point, her hype was so big that Nicki started getting insecure and sent a sneak diss on stage. Believe it or not, whites will promote their own over anyone else no matter how bad they are even if they're copying a black person.
That tired out statement about going to concerts doesn't make anything any more valid, yet people continue to use it. I've never had an interest in going to concerts, yet I still buy albums. How can 77% and 62% be the same? lol.
And basing your argument on SEARCH ENGINES??? If you type in "dreads" into google images, nearly all of the images are white boys. Using that logic, most of the dreadlock group are white boys as well.
Well one has to base their argument on something, I base mine of what record industry execs say, what I see at concerts and the internet presence of the rap fans. You? Nothing. I'm gathering evidence to support my claims, the combined evidence is what I'm talking about, not just one sole factor.
Kendrick Lamar in Tennessee at Bonnaroo (note the cac:ish "ma nigguh")
And 77 and 62 is the same thing, if the point was just to illustrate that they are a lot more 5 times more or 6 times more, I'm not trying to point estimate anything. And yes, labels and stuff promote a lot of white artists, that's true.. But that doesn't mean that the hiphop fans will respond to it, and mostly with people like Iggy they are going for pop fans, small girls and stuff.
Labels try to maximise profits, they don't care about who you are, what you do to communities, how you look or anything. MGK is on Bad Boy, Iggy Azelia was first pushed by T.I., that other white boy is signed to Eminem, Macklemore is indie and Action is the only one who was signed to a white person not named Eminem directly in recent memory.
In Actions case we can compare him to another NY rapper who also makes "old school inspired music", Joey Badass. Who is on the same level if not bigger, independently. Google his shows and you'll see more white people than a Action Bronson show.
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