A Brooklyn street is getting a new name June 10, honoring one of its most famous former residents.

Honoring Biggie symbolizes more than just one man, McCarthytoldRolling Stonein November.

It symbolizes a culture.

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It symbolizes a borough.

It symbolizes a people, and hip-hop is worldwide.

After his release, he recorded a demo under the moniker Biggie Smalls.

Today would have been his 47th birthday.

Even Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg proudly rocks the moniker Notorious R.B.G.