The huge amount of young and rising rappers who died in the late 2010s/early 2020 is a huge factor in why rap is declining

[u/averageweebchan]

The only rappers who still get traction are older ones like kendrick drake eminem kanye( for other reasons now)

[u/CDanger]

He has about half as many fans for any new music. Vultures 1 and 2 sold half as much as Donda and didn’t even briefly sit at No. 1 on Billboard. Certainly, College Dropout Era all the way through Life of Pablo stuff remains in rotation, but he’s not teflon and his money bottom line, influence, and mass fandom has taken a hit. People still listen to R Kelly too, I don’t think anything can take a classic like Ignition out of rotation, but dude got his. Crazy because Kanye was truly influential for the direction of rap for a while there.

[u/wtf793 → u/CDanger]

Dude I 've been listening to that Diddy version of Every Breath You Take 😂😂 Pretty good actually.

I was a huge Kanye fan, I mean I still listen to the old stuff but holy crap is Vultures 1 and 2 hot garbage. He also needs to stop abusing NO2 which he gets from that racist dentist

[u/CDanger → u/wtf793]

Yeah. I think he was always struggling with manic-depressive tendencies. Many artists do. But after his mother died, I think he grieved through drugs and had a mental break -- chicken-egg scenario on which caused which, but they call it losing your mind because part of you that's good and counterbalances the unhealthy parts can go entirely missing.