I'm going to have to disagree with this. He's helped Lupe Fiasco by putting him on one of his singles. That was the first time a lot of people heard of him. Also helped Rhymefest by being on his first single. He also helped Twista put out some hits. And imo he helped Common out a lot as far as really breaking into the mainstream with BE. And he's also helped a bunch of people not from Chicago. Kid Cudi, Consequence, John Legend, and Mr. Hudson. And he also helped Jay-Z put out one of his best cd's to date, The Blueprint. He's one of the few popular/mainstream artists that works with newer artists. That's one of the things I respect him for. Heck if it wasn't for Kanye West most of those people featured on The Blueprint 3 wouldn't be on there.