I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make here. Is it that the huge mega artists now aren’t good, or that good music isn’t getting recognized/doen’t have a sustainable fanbase? The latter is demonstrably untrue.
If we’re talking huge mega stars that also have talent/artistic merit, that’s admittedly more limited (Kendrick Lamar and Beyonce are the only two I can really think of), but if you go to medium sized artists that still have big followings (say, 1M+ monthly spotify listeners) you’ve got James Blake, Janelle Monae, Frank Ocean, Mitski, Future Islands, Earl Sweatshirt, Rosalia, etc. Some truly important artists in that list.
Is it possible you just don’t have a taste for the direction certain genres are going in (especially rap)?
If we’re talking huge mega stars that also have talent/artistic merit, that’s admittedly more limited (Kendrick Lamar and Beyonce are the only two I can really think of), but if you go to medium sized artists that still have big followings (say, 1M+ monthly spotify listeners) you’ve got James Blake, Janelle Monae, Frank Ocean, Mitski, Future Islands, Earl Sweatshirt, Rosalia, etc. Some truly important artists in that list.
Is it possible you just don’t have a taste for the direction certain genres are going in (especially rap)?