not true... especially over here, concidering the majority of the UK scene(fans as u will) are DJ's, producers and/or MC's themselves, they aint gonna pay for music if theres no skill and concidering most artist's are indipendant, they need to make sure they have the skills to impresse the people incolved in the scene, and if your coming up then you need to start in the underground and in a place like new york(i think ur from there arent u???) if you havent got the skills then nobody is gonna notice you, simple as that.

in order to set a foundation to make a name, you need to have skill.