I don't see how he has built his fan base of those collabs? Surely that came from the TONS of hard graft he puts in, The A Team and You Need Me?
Also how do you know that they didn't contact him to work with him? they are using his hype just as much as he is using theirs and who would think that is his end plan? cmon seriously, don't be silly.
Pink argument is irrelevant, she was pushed into a genre that she didn't have at heart, broke free and proved them wrong.
The guy is 20.