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RUN-DMC OWNS CORNER OF HOLLIS QUEENS: City council approves renaming 205th Street and Hollis Avenue after rap group.
The corner of 205th Street and Hollis Avenue will from now on be called "Run-DMC JMJ Way," according to the New York Times.
JMJ refers to the group's DJ Jam Master Jay (born Jason Mizell), who was gunned down in a Jamaica, Queens recording studio in October 2002. His killing has not been solved.
The group's other rap pioneers are Joseph Simmons, known as Run, and Darryl McDaniels, known as DMC. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April.
McDaniels also has donated memorabilia for a proposed Hollis Hip Hop Museum in the Queens neighborhood.
Queens Councilman Leroy G. Comrie represents the area and said he hopes the renaming of the street and talk of the museum would help "economically revitalize this particular neighborhood as a potential tourism attraction," according to the Times.
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