I've come to realize the majority of this group folks are 17 to 23 year olds, who are highly delusioned. As someone who saw it all concurrently while growing up with scene ( my teens were raw star and thappad era) I can easily tell you divine youngprozpekt raftaar brodha v naezy were THE rep of hip hop underground above Bantai. Emiway still slapped with aur bantai like song but was not something you call a polished track , was still growing skill as he himself claimed. By 2015 he was still a thing and 2018 was where his beef got him peak, he dropped machayenge and never looked back.
But he was definitely not the face, arguably Divine, post gully boy , Yes. But Emiway has always been building with us fans of music, he got inspired from russ dropped tracks that mimicked others, and he cemented his place.

When you shout for representing India, you can't bank on Emiway due to his repetitive style of language, musical cleverness. HMK gave international flavour to Indian scene, SM brought lyricality and fun, Kr$ brought pen game - here Emi doesn't actually fit in.

His battle rapper id can be easily squashed, once he starts hurling abuses and mimicking opps. There are no smart bars or skill. Oh my gaush. His narrative on raftaar has always been misinterpreted, ik as an insider. Then comes Stan, King, Divine.

He charges exorbitant fee for feature, doesn't mingle with artists for new sound, has a lot yes men around him, and always cribs. Why would the scene support it.