1. You are pissing and moaning over nothing when the industry, being integrated and such, is merely a progressive dynamic of change.
2. When it comes to musical genres like rock, pop, metal, rap or hip-hop, talent is relative. This is especially when we're talking about musical skills or performance of this nature (for the most part). But, we can agree that quality talent has diminished thanks to technology like auto-tuning. What you may perceive as talent in an ever-changing and ever-evolving genre of music could be mainstreams perfect earpiece to distract people from other issues plaguing their lives or the worst thing on the planet.
I do, however, agree that there is a bit of an alarming change of pace with overlooking other forms of talent, but on the flip side, you do have greater amounts of flexibility to advertise yourself to the public and get discovered. Niykee Heaton just managed to get really lucky, the same with Bieber and other people who started their exposure on avenues like YouTube. On Heaton's case, her looks, plus her musical and skill range stood out and people would like to see more of her. All that is left is whether she can still retain herself as a person and not just another number in the mainstream music business.
Luck trumps everything.
People like to experiment and sometimes get lucky when they gain a lot of exposure. It's good to see more flexibility and diverse talent, rather than putting a collective in a group or a box. It'd be interesting to see how metal music integrates with African traditional musical instruments and, if they play their cards right, they would advance or expand the music genre in more ways than one would imagine. All that is left is whether people would follow suit.
Not one to really care for rap or hip-hop music. The beats are sweet, but the lyrics, I can leave it behind, unless if it flows with the beats well.