Personally, I dont see europe as being "respectful" of hip hop per se (as some u saying here). I think they're just disconnected to what's hot in the US. Culture is always changing, so kids here are gonna keep up with the times. Over there its not even their culture, its a foreign culture. So they're really just picking and choosing, there's no obligation or frenzy they're part of. If that's the case, then they're doing that with their local musical scenes and genres, not ours.
There's euro cacs who obsess over eminem and 50 cent, then there's others who obsess over chief keef, then there's others who are listening to old school shyt and underground groups no one's ever heard of. I like to listen to what I want, but i also feel obliged to check out what's on the radio, what's hot on vine, etc. Not that i fukk with vine, but i absolutely fukk with radio and websites. fukk living in a bubble.