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July 01, 2009

'Run DMC JMJ Way': NYC Council Approves Renaming of Hollis, Queens Street Corner After Hip-hop Trio...

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The New York City Council approved a measure today that will rename a city thoroughfare in honor of legendary rap group Run DMC. Introduced by Deputy Majority Leader Leroy Comrie (D-27 District), the bill was passed at the Council’s Stated Meeting in City Hall and calls for the corner of 205th Street and Hollis Avenue, located in Hollis, Queens, to be renamed “Run DMC JMJ Way”. The bill will be sent shortly to Mayor Bloomberg for signing into law.

Also: NY Times

The corner of 205th Street and Hollis Avenue in Hollis will be rechristened Run-DMC JMJ Way, after the group’s D.J., Jason Mizell, known as Jam Master Jay, who was fatally shot in a recording studio in Jamaica, Queens, at age 37, in October 2002. The killing has not been solved. Mr. Mizell was the third member of the trio, after Joseph Simmons, known as Run, and Darryl McDaniels, known as DMC.


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#1 terry bland says:

bout time
hollis 4 life

#2 Rahiem drinkwater says:

Here is footage and interviews from that historic day
http://pdashmedia.com/?p=2165


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