Rah Digga put out her only major label album when Flip Mode was the squad. She put out a solid album but she hasn't been on a major, and a lot of older artists, Busta included, have trouble adjusting to the way the digital age works. So she's not gonna be on the charts like that without a major. Doesn't lessen her impact from when she was on there, and it doesn't mean she's been active since then. I know she put out a project with Nottz a couple years ago I believe. But this is why using the hip hop as a blanket term is silly ... if you know how radio works, and just the raw numbers ... that the US population, and the radio listenership, and the amount of "pop" stations compared to "urban" stations that wouldn't even play a Rah Digga record to mixshow & college radio ... how could you mention charts in a hip hop discussion? You can get on the charts by bypassing the hiphop audience altogether, which is how Macklemore wins a "hiphop" Grammy with no urban airplay, or how Iggy is considered more successful than Nicki ... overall and right at this moment if we're just talking numbers maybe, but not as who has a greater impact on the hip hop culture and who that audience is feeling and goes around quoting. Like I said, Fancy is in commercials without the hook & it was right on time with that fake DJ Mustard beat. She doesn't really get credit for that. And then there was the iHeart Radio program that blasted her song tons of times across all Clear Channel formats to help her get her spins up. Relevance as it relates to how long ago you had chart success is not the same has how relevant you are to hip hop fans. However there's a segment of the ffans that rely on that, which is why even if you say Iggy is hip hop, her and Rah Digga are 2 different sub-genres and shouldn't be judged as such. Iggy is like one of the Spice Girls to me. If people like Forbes wouldn't going around saying stupid shit like this white australian girl runs hip hop, Rah Digga wouldn't be commenting, people wouldn't be chasing her down for an interview about it, and we wouldn't be having this conversation
Take this forum for instance ... the Rap & Hip-Hop & R&B forum ... you got people that lived through MC Lyte & Latifah and you got people that had to read to find out who Rah Digga was and you have people that don't understand the historical context of Iggy's "blackface" rap even when told. It is what it is, but you could avoid the more heated discussions if there was more accurate categories, to where you wouldn't be talking about Rah Digga & Iggy in the same conversation, and Rah Digga wouldn't feel the need to comment. Would you ask Luther Vandross why he doesn't sing like Chuck Berry? or would you ask any "rock" artist why they don't sing like Chuck Berry or Elvis for that matter?