Kid Cudi and Kanye on 106 & Park

Now we all know that Kid Cudi's appearance on 106 brought his caliber of fame to a whole nother level (yup whole nother lol) But after watching the show and talking to a few people about it, I got to thinking. When we see a guy like Cudi "make it" (he's stamped so he's made it) we think "it's possible. the dream is possible"......And I don't want to discourage anyone and say it's not, but the industry really is about who you know. Drake and Kid Cudi are my favorite new artist personally. Drake started getting the attention he deserved after he signed with Lil' Wayne. Cudi got the recognition he deserved after signing with Kanye West. Now neither of these guys were discovered just off of their talent, they both had managers who were affiliated with the stars that ended up singing them to a major contract. For Example: Cudi's manager was Plain Pat, who is Kanye's A&R. So I say all this to say, what can we do as artist to actually matter and progress if we aren't stamped?