What's up With the Copycat Rap Trend?

One of 2016's most prominent topics in rap music is "copycat rappers." This year -- especially in the last few months -- we saw several artists who manufacture their entire sound and image around another's. The mimicry goes so far that they take song names, album titles and even monikers from established rappers. There's seemingly no intention to be subtle and no mind being paid to conventional ideas of authenticity and artistic integrity. We've reached a point in time where Internet trolling an...