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Wu-Tang Clan Get Their Own Street Corner in New York City

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NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 25: Young Dirty Bastard, Inspectah Deck, DJ Mathematics, RZA, Raekwon the Chef, Method Man, U-God, Ghostface Killah, Masta Killa, and Cappadonna attend Tribeca TV: Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics And Men - 2019 Tribeca Film Festival at Beacon Theatre on April 25, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Steven Ferdman/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival)

Wu-Tang Clan has been honored by NewYork City with a street corner named after the legendary hip-hop group in the Park Hill section of their home base Staten Island. The corner of Vanderbilt Avenue and Targee Street was renamed the “Wu-Tang Clan District” in an unveiling ceremony that took place Saturday, May 4.

According to SILive, Staten Island Councilwoman Debi Rose said of the occasion: “This is a great day where we have an opportunity to honor our own hometown heroes, the young men who put Staten Island on the map internationally. They overcame all types of challenges, to not only become rap artist and hip-hop artist but to inspire and challenge the music world.”

In a speech at the event, Ghostface Killah said: “I never saw this day coming, I knew we were some ill MCs, but I didn’t know that it’d take it this far.”

Wu-Tang Clan have a four-part documentary, Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men, set to begin May 10 on Showtime. Watch footage from the ceremony below.

 

 

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