>lupe has had 10x the marketing dollars spent on him as
>compared to mos def
>
>you tried to act as if MOs wasn't popular... when 700000 on
>rawkus is an amazing feat
>
>not to mention ms. fat booty was on video and radio (in NYC at
>least)
>
>lupe was cosigned by jay z and kanye before he even made a
>debut.

so a left-field artist got a major label deal, with (allegedly) way more marketing money, with co-signs from 2 of the biggest rappers out there, and you're using that to somehow argue that there is less diversity nowadays?