I'm not being personally defensive about this, but I always stand up for anybody who gets attacked along those lines, whether it be Nicolas or even Fletcher's old boss. You can't fault anybody for the circumstances they are born into. It's what they do with it. My family members didn't teach me music theory, how to play, how to engineer, how to produce, etc. I had to learn how to do that, and invest the time and practice.
Now, if somebody is a dilettante, then that can be fair game, I suppose. But just because somebody's family has money, you can't fault them for taking advantage of that.
Now aside from whether or not Nicolas is a spoiled rich kid, the question is more whether or not is he any good at recording, and is the music he's recording worth a crap?
It's not my thing, and he's not great, but he's not terrible. He shows some promise. His taste in music is what loses me. Whatever. I'm glad he enjoys it.