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Street Struck: Big L To Be Honored With Harlem Street Named After Him
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Raymond Boyd / Getty Big L is a beloved figure in Hip-Hop, and now the late rapper will be immortalized in the Harlem neighborhood he grew up in as a street will be named after him. The news of the street naming was reported through a social media account run by the family of Lamont Coleman, who the world knew as Big L on Sunday (May 8). The Instagram page, which is also devoted to an upcoming documentary about the rapper revealed that the junction of West 140th Street and Lenox Avenue in Harlem will be renamed “Lamont ‘Big L’ Coleman Way” on May 28th. The ceremony will take place at 12 P.M. The caption of the post read: “It took a whole lot of effort and Support to get to this great point but as an collective we made it happen, The Biggest Thank you...
A Mini-Doc On The Late, Great Big L Drops May 29
Source: Mass Appeal / Mass Appeal Big L is recognized as one of Hip-Hop’s best lyricists but unfortunately, he was murdered in February 1999, cutting his promising career much too short. Certified Classics and Mass Appeal are paying homage to the 25th anniversary of the “Ebonics” rapper’s debut album, Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous, with a mini-documentary titled Foul Child: The Legend of Big L. The Harlem rapper’s debut dropped in 1995 while May 30 would have been L’s 46th birthday. Foul Child: The Legend of Big L will be premiering the day before (May 29) and will cover his rise in the game from underground rap phenom to influential Hip-Hop legend. The legend goes Roc-a-fella was going to sign him before his untimely death “We are honored to be a part of this exciting project...
