There are young nikkas with bars. There are garbage older nikkas without them.
Young nikkas just put the most extreme extras on the excuses of garbage nikkas that came before them. "I ain't gotta rap, I'm a real nikka! I'm in these streets! Do Nas bust his gun?" (Funny: He did to save his own life, jeezy's GOON didn't..rip Pookie Loc) It's easier to recreate, it's easier to market. Now you don't even HAVE to keep that facade up. Just remnants of the aesthetic/aura. A Guwop is easier to clone than a Kendrick.
The "bedroom rapper" phenomenon started in the early 00s w/ soundclick nikkas. There was a crossroads there, though: nikkas who WENT OUTSIDE AND RAPPED recorded at home later. Now they cut out the whole "rapper development stage" because of cultural shifts.
1.Participation trophy generation. Younger cats are encouraged to be more accepting of what we considered garbage. They know people will love them anyway, and it's not about "what you can do" but "how does this fit in the mix"...Hence them saying "flexed out swagged out" shyt. There are people in that category who can rap. Most can't, though. Just like in the early 00s with the NYC "mixtape goon" and Philly "DVD goon" scenes. A lot of those dudes were copypasting and rearranging the more prominent mixtape rappers' styles, dumbing them down, and kinda blending in with the wave until you couldn't tell the difference (Jae Hood? Kay Slay track #27 ass nikkas? Ice Shuler? 2005 Troy Ave? <<< These guys. Or people who sounded like Sheek Louch at his worst)....This is simply the exaggerated southern version of it. If a rhythm is easy to pick up, a whole gang of people will copy it. shyt comes and goes in cycles and dummy casuals/jawns/white party kids latch on to the most extreme. None of these young nikkas are consciously trolling anybody older, they're too bytch and indirect in life. Folks are putting bugs in their ears to make it a thing.
Lil B made it acceptable to be a fake weirdo, too...a basic hood nikka dressed up by a stylist and influenced/encouraged by weird white ideas. It happened before in a different way. People were more connected to the culture behind the music...now they're connected to the aesthetic surrounding it.
Of course they're not going to learn history, they've been encouraged not to. Just like dumb ass run of the mill mixtape nikkas weren't going beyond gun and coke simile x 3 syllable setup-punchline bars.