I actually got Ben confused with Night Slugs because I second guessed my habits of bullying the same 3 people, even if I was right. I'm impressed he still feels sore, and I'm just being catty with the guy. Even if I've never particularly enjoyed his mixes.
And I don't think the artist necessarily thinks its terrible based on who grabs them, because they just want to earn respect, attention and potentially money. That's fine and good, OF COURSE. But long run it can lead to things where the artist doesn't go through the process of the slower build.
Recently though, there are rappers who get internet buzz in non-rap circles that are more eclectic and then attract managers who don't think about promoting them in the traditional rap methods, because they don't know. Instead, they turn to the eclecticism of the blog circles, to content aggregate websites/'publications' focused on newness and 'excitement' rather than courting a genre audience... And then, they get held above the standards of their genre. "YES", these fans cry "they're so experimental, and they are much better than the muck and mire of the genre I don't dedicate myself to!".
So here we have a possible failure in the future. The 'fans' of these artists are now rooting them from the genre audience, they're not going to help these artists become popular within the confines of their genre. Rather, it becomes a muck of 'buzz artists' where you're getting chillwave remixes, or you're remixing some generic indie/dance act on 4AD. And this can last for a 2-3 year period and maybe a couple of albums, until you're spat back out because while the money/fame/attention was good, this isn't a group you can build a core fanbase out of.
"Rap Fans", you can do that out of, and you don't even have to be some Joey Badass style rappity rapper. You can be a antipop consortium type, or a bay area rapper, or a generic street rapper. Yo Gotti is technically a commercial 'failure', but he sustains a lifestyle and a really good career off of his music. These guys who went left for the money can't depend on this audience who have a tendency to go through 'phases' and stick around only for one 'big' record to then vanish.
Is it an exaggerated bit of stress and guilt to feel like "Oh no, I put a link on a blog/forum, now this artist has become FAMOUS and its all my fault, waaaah" ? Yeah, easily. But I am incredibly hesitant to do that reflexively anymore after unintentionally promoting things I feel didn't deserve my effort, or worse, seeing friends and peers hapharzardly promote things that REALLY didn't deserve anyone's effort.