I do not think BTS paved the way, many people before them laid the ground work down by finding success internationally and mild success in the US. They may have finalized the cement but they did not do all of the work to make the genre big like some claim but they did their part very well which makes me very happy for them. However they do NOT deserve hate and I love them dearly. Jennie is not lazy, and BP does not deserve this. They were all with YG for almost 6 years before debut and that is about the same amount of time Minzy, Bom and CL were with YG before debut. YG set Blackpink up for one thing only, critique and attacks from humans with nothing better to do with their time then wish harm or spread hate to innocent people. Especially when YHS said they were to be 2NE1 2.0 just "a lot prettier". Neither group deserves hate for walking the path set before them and achieving success because of it. They all trained hard in both groups and sacrificed their childhoods and privacy to entertain people.
he didn't say that though YG was actually inspired in snsdhe wanted a snsd but with YG's flavor.
the 2ne1 comment was when a reporter asked him about the comparisons of 2ne1 and bp so he said he didn't want to make them that different ( I think he meant the kind of music) or something along those lines. I mean ,most articles back then were comparing them a lot when they debuted.