Question

alternative hip hop is gaining more listeners. fans can now discover independent artists online. since if when ← joining words combine the sentences into one sentence. use one of the joining words. type your answer here.

Explanation:

To combine the sentences, we need to show a causal relationship (as the ability to discover artists online is a reason for alternative hip hop gaining more listeners). "Since" is used to introduce a reason. So we structure the sentence with "since" to connect the two ideas.

Answer:

Alternative hip hop is gaining more listeners since fans can now discover independent artists online.