Originally Posted by Jakez

As far as the hip hop industry goes at least, the internet has most definitely made it easier for artists to get their name out to the masses easier, faster, and cheaper. It's not even arguable. Spend like $10,000 or less and you can get a prime spot on worldstarhiphop, datpiff, etc. and reach millions of people instantly and possibly blow up over night. Surely the same can be said for other genres.