lol Bedrock and Everygirl both reached the top 10 in the country. You don't do that by only having 1 region behind you.
Also the style of rap that Houston creates is nothing similiar to what Wayne does. Z-Ro, Trae, Bun-B, those are people who will still be big in Houston when nobody else is listening to them, not Wayne. I can't speak for Atlanta or New York but overall Wayne still gets played. Can't deny his sales and chart performance. The cool kids on the blocks of ATL may not listen to Wayne but they don't make up the majority. "teenage white males and college white female", are everywhere..