I like Tablo because he is an inspiration to a lot of people, including me. If you’ve even seen the Icarus-Walks “Dear Me, Dear Epik High” project you’ll see that Tablo saved them from depression, and taught them how to over come. He is one of the more “real” artist, meaning that if something is wrong he makes it known instead of putting on a smile and acting like it’s okay. 
I liked Epik High during his controversy. I was already into kpop, but I was just getting into khiphop. I was watching the early episodes of Strong Heart and Tablo was one of the reoccurring guest, and Mithra would be there sometimes. But whenever he would answer a question I was intrigued, so I decided to look up Epik High and I got really into their music listen to songs like Run, Fan, Fool, Over, and Love Love Love. And it was amazing, and being to creeppy internet stalker that I am, I searched more about Epik High, and learned about the controversy, and how they left Woolin, and about Map the Soul, and his marriage to Kang Hye Jung. This around the time that he joined YG and released Fever’s End. 
I think people dislike him because it was burned in their minds that he is a so called fraud, and they refuse to believe that it’s not true. This whole controversy was started because of jealousy. Tablo is both book and common sense smart, he is a genius when it comes to writing lyrics and some people were willing to tell lies to make themselves feel better. People have A LOT of pride, and if they would just let go of that they would see that how wrong they are and how much they destroyed a person.

Other links you may want

Dear Me, Dear Epik High: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Healing Camp: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3