Miami-Dade County has honoured hip-hop legends like DJ Khaled, City Girls, Trina and Trick Daddy with their own street names.
Last Wednesday (March 19), it was revealed that streets along 18th Avenue in Liberty City will be named after songs from Miami’s most famous rappers. Commissioner Keon Hardemon proposed the decision in an attempt “to encourage economic development in our community”.
“If you play this music to the people who are from this area, they are going to light up like it’s the Fourth of July,” Hardemon said (via NBC Miami). “The essence of this is to… let people know that this exists in Miami-Dade County and you should come and see it.”
The renamed streets will honour 29 influential artists who helped shape Miami’s rich musical landscape. For example, Trick Daddy, DJ Khaled, Flo Rida and Trina were all awarded their own streets for their immense work putting Miami on the map in hip-hop.
Other names like ‘Soul Ties’ Street (Ball Greezy), ‘Post & Delete’ Street (Zoey Dollaz) and ‘Big Money Baller’ Street (JT Money) pay tribute to local talent who keep on redefining the city’s hip-hop scene.
Hardemon did suggest that ‘People Change’ Terrace would be originally called ‘Grind With Me’ Terrace – named after the 2005 Pretty Ricky hit – but Commissioner Eileen Higgins pushed back on the name. She said: “I don’t want to walk down any street where somebody can say that to me without my permission.”
Although, originally only hip-hop stars were meant to be commemorated, soul and R&B legends Minnie Riperton and Betty Wright received their own streets named after them too. Check out the full list below.
The newly-designated street names of 18th Avenue are:
‘What’s My Name’ Street – inspired by Trick Daddy
‘City Girls’ Street – inspired by City Girls
‘Soul Ties’ Street – inspired by Major Nine
‘Post & Delete’ Street – inspired by Zoey Dollaz
‘Chase Dis Money’ Street – inspired by Mike Smiff
‘Born-N-Raised’ Street – inspired by DJ Khaled featuring Trick Daddy, Pitbull and Rick Ross
‘Big Money Baller’ Street – inspired by Piccalo
‘We the Best’ Terrace – inspired by DJ Khaled
‘Still Da Baddest’ Street – inspired by Trina
‘Trick Love the Kids’ Street – inspired by Trick Daddy
‘It’s Your Birthday’ Street – inspired by Luther “Uncle Luke” Campbell
‘Bad Boys Bad Boys’ Street – inspired by Inner Circle
‘Welcome to the MIA’ Terrace – inspired by J-Shin
‘I Luv My Dawgs’ Street – inspired by Kase1hunnid
‘I Deserve It All’ Street – inspired by Ball Greezy
‘Closer to My Dreams’ Street – inspired by Ice Billion Berg
‘Tunnel Vision’ Street – inspired by Kodak Black
‘Welcome to My House’ Street – inspired by Flo Rida
‘You Go Girl’ Street – inspired by Jacki-O
‘People Change’ – inspired by Jacki-O
‘Lovers and Friends’ Street – inspired by Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz (Jon is from Atlanta, but made the song in Miami)
‘Peace In Da Hood’ Street – inspired by DJ Uncle Al
‘Run Da Yard’ Street – inspired by JT Money
‘No Pain, No Gain’ Street – inspired by Betty Wright
‘Memory Lane’ Avenue – inspired by Minnie Riperton
In other news, DJ Khaled is gearing up to release his 14th studio album, ‘Aalam Of God’ later this year. The high-profile producer said he had two new Drake songs on the record too, which the Canadian denied publicly.