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    Street In Brooklyn Named After Late Rapper Pumpkinhead

    Legendary underground hip hop artist Pumpkinhead passed away last year due to health complications.

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    Mayor Bill DiBlasio speaks to crowd at New York City Hall

    Today marks an historic day for hip hop in Brooklyn. Mayor Bill DeBlasio stood in front a crowd at City Hall announcing that Degraw Street between Fourth and Fifth avenues would be renamed to "Robert PH Diaz Way" in honour of the rapper who passed away last June.Earlier this month a portion of Sedwick Avenue in the Bronx was re-named "Hip Hop Way" - www.pwrmoves.hiphop
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    Robert "Ph" Diaz passed away June 2015

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