Street Knowledge: Wannabes

Here's a short news clip on "wannabes" or "wiggers" from 1999. It's interesting to see how hip-hop's placement in the mainstream has changed so drastically since its infancy. While hip-hop is still sometimes seen as a "black" thing, race really isn't the issue that it used to be: these days, nobody bats an eyelash at white kids who identify with the subculture.