{"id":5495,"date":"2018-12-22T06:09:52","date_gmt":"2018-12-22T11:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/its-official-biggie-smalls-gets-street-named-after-him-in-brooklyn-as-nyc-council-approves-christopher-wallace-way\/"},"modified":"2018-12-22T06:39:25","modified_gmt":"2018-12-22T11:39:25","slug":"its-official-biggie-smalls-gets-street-named-after-him-in-brooklyn-as-nyc-council-approves-christopher-wallace-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/its-official-biggie-smalls-gets-street-named-after-him-in-brooklyn-as-nyc-council-approves-christopher-wallace-way\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Official: Biggie Smalls Gets Street Named After Him in Brooklyn As NYC Council Approves \u2018Christopher Wallace Way\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Christopher Wallace aka Biggie Smalls and the Wu-Tang Clan will officially have streets named after them, as voted on by the NYC City Council this past week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Biggie Smalls has left his print on the Borough of Brooklyn&#8221;, stated City Council Member, Laurie Cumbo. She added &#8220;Biggie Smalls is an ingredeient in the identitiy of Brooklyn&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The corner of St. James and Fulton will be co-named, &#8220;Christopher Wallace Way&#8221;. Be sure to checkout the Biggie video at the bottom of this page.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BroQGoDAema\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BroQGoDAema\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FYI: Biggie Smalls is the Illest. Wu-Tang is for the Children. The vote passed, next up #ChristopherWallaceWay + #Wutangclandistrict. S\/O to @cmlauriecumbo @speakercoreyjohnson @cmdebirose #NotoriousBIG #wutangclan This is a @heterodoxxinc vision #HipHopRecognition.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by <a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/christopherwallaceway\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Christopher Wallace Way<\/a> (@christopherwallaceway) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2018-12-21T00:25:48+00:00\">Dec 20, 2018 at 4:25pm PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- East New York --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1341283317876058\" data-ad-slot=\"3847248207\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_JZom_gVfuw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Stay updated on hip hop news at <a href=\"http:\/\/todayshiphop.com\/\">TodaysHipHop.com<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christopher Wallace aka Biggie Smalls and the Wu-Tang Clan will officially have streets named after them, as voted on by the NYC City Council this past week. &#8220;Biggie Smalls has left his print on the Borough of Brooklyn&#8221;, stated City Council Member, Laurie Cumbo. 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