> According to the report, R&B and hip-hop are now responsible for 25.1% of all music consumption in the U.S., while rock claims 23%.
> Looking at the rest of the numbers listed that dissect how people are consuming these styles of music, it’s clear that streaming is to thank for the swap in ranking. Rock is far and away the winner when it comes to album sales—the genre claims 40% of all album sales in the country—but the total number of records actually purchased dwindles every year, so while that percentage may remain steady or even climb, it’s not representative of how Americans are truly consuming music. [1]
[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2017/07/17/hip-hop...
[2] http://www.insideradio.com/free/in-a-streaming-world-it-s-r-...
Rap popularity was steadily increasing before streaming, you can't credit streaming for it's popularity.
Sale of rap and even “gangsta rap” has been dominated by White people for two decades.
> Scheduling Eminem for radio play while he is arguably the biggest artist on the planet is not really going out on a limb.
I mean, you can't be the biggest artist on the planet without some level of main-stream support in the first place.
To say that hip-hop became more popular due to streaming is just obviously nonsense.