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Exploiter of current culture redrawing a top strip (3,6)

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I believe the answer is:

pop artist

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'exploiter' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'current culture redrawing a top strip' is the wordplay.
'a top strip' can be anagrammed to 'POP ARTIST'.
However, I'm not clear how the anagram is indicated.

'of' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Another definition for pop artist that I've seen is " Musician".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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