White kids have been trying to be as 'cool' as black kids for at least 30 years, so it's not that recent.
The difference back then was that the dads tended to be more firm in their racist beliefs, so they would openly tell their kids to "quit acting like n**gers!" and that they would be social outcasts and not get decent jobs if they acted 'like the Blacks'.
Today, though, with powerful White or Jewish decision-makers driving the ship, the 'coolness of the street' now gets more airplay than ever before. Back in the day, people talked about 'escaping the street', but now America is being inundated with images that glamourize the new 'thug life'.
Kevin Garnett is soft...*very* soft. What you saw last night was his attempt to appear 'hard'.
All I saw last night was KG winning a championship.... All the haters, and losers will always try to find a way to cut the people down that are on top. Kobe, KG , Brady whatever.. They did this, they did that.. Translation - they did what I wish I could do, or the athletes I invest so much time in could not do, so lets rip em for something. KG came off like an idiot, but so what, the guy won a championship. Who cares if he had a yo yo moment?
I think most of todays most influential hip hop artists do everything they can to be white. Kanye with his preppy style, Diddy with his yachts, designer suits and houses in the Hampton's. Even the "hard" gangsters like 50 cent, live a "white" lifestyle!
Wiggas tend to be emotionaly fragile children, who have had poor upbringings. You go to any middle class "white" suburb in America, and the vast majority of kids will be wearing Abercrombie clothes, drinking natty ice, and figuring out how they can fuck a cheerleader after football practice. The wigger group is always small, and filled with the kids who are outcasts. You would be hard pressed to walk into any local high school, and find the most popular group a bunch of wannabee thugs.