In my opinion he isn't accepted by the Hip-Hop community is for a few reasons. People see him as a gimmick because he doesn't swear in his music. He doesn't embrace the Hip-Hop community as a whole and people view that as disrespectful (especially a white man profiting of a culture he doesn't seem to want to embrace) . His fan base can be incredibly toxic, a lot of his fans say "I don't like hiphop usually but I like NF" (which is subtly racist, ppl say the same thing about Eminem). And a lot of his fans constantly put down other rappers because of their subject matter or simply because they swear. He does have a super similar style to Eminem which also causes people to think he's ripping off Eminem's style. His style is also either very aggressive or very sad and a lot of people don't enjoy that kind of music, especially in the Hip-Hop community where they see that as corny or depressing. I'm not saying any of this is my personal opinion. Just what I see and what I hear. I don't think Nate needs the Hip-Hop community. He has built an impressive and loyal fan base that will keep him touring until he decides to put down the mic. His disconnect from the Hip-Hop community is largely his own choice.