New York City To Name Streets After Notorious B.I.G., Others

The Notorious B.IG. Photo: Getty Images

Amercian music legends Christopher Wallace, popularly known as the Notorious B.I.G, the Wu-Tang Clan and Woody Guthrie will be honoured as streets will be named after them in New York City.

According to Rolling Stone, the city council voted on Friday to honour the three music legends.

The city council voted 68-0 to approve the street name changes, however, Mayor Bill de Blasio still has to sign off on the measures, which is expected to happen next year.

Concise News gathered that the decision was spearheaded by LeRoy McCarthy, a member of the city council, who said shared his joy following the success of the project.

He said, “I’m happy that NYC officials are finally giving the city’s indigenous ‘Hip Hop‘ music the respect and recognition that it deserves.

“It took a long time and lots of hardwork to advance the Christopher Wallace Way & Wu-Tang Clan District street co-naming, but ya know what, Hip Hop Don’t Stop,” he said.

The newly named Wu-Tang Clan District is located at the southeast of Vanderbilt Avenue and Targee Street in Staten Island.

The Brooklyn block where Biggie Smalls grew up – located on St. James Place between Fulton Street and Gates Avenue – will be renamed Christopher Wallace Way.

And additionally, Woody Guthrie Way is located at Coney Island’s Mermaid Avenue between West 35th and West 36th, where the folk legend lived in the early ‘40s.

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