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The Notorious B.I.G. - The foundation for the late rapper, born Christopher Wallace, announced that the stretch of St. James Place between Gates Avenue and Fulton Street, in Brooklyn, NY, where the rapper grew up, will be renamed Christopher Wallace Way.

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Beyoncé - Of course Queen Bey has a street named after her, but it's actually in Bermuda. Beyonce Boulevard is located near the National Sports Center, and was renamed after she performed in 2008.

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Duke Ellington - The late pianist and band leader once lived in a townhouse on the corner of Riverside Drive and West 106th Street in Manhattan, NYC. City officials renamed West 106th Street following Duke's death in 1974.

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Betty White - The Hollywood legend was honored with Betty White Road in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, and no one's sure which one's older, the star or the road!

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Run-DMC - The hip-hop group was honored in their NYC neighborhood of Hollis, Queens, as the corner of 205th Street and Hollis Avenue was renamed Run-DMC JMJ Way in 2009.

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Humphrey Bogart - The classic Hollywood icon, named the greatest male star of American cinema in 1999, was honored with a slice of W 103rd St between Broadway and West End Ave in NYC, called Humphrey Bogart Place.

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Barack Obama - The former president has a street named after him in Southern California. Of course, many other things have been honored with his name.

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Rihanna - The musician and business mogul was honored in Bridgetown, Barbados, when the street she grew up on as a child, called Westbury Road, was renamed Rihanna Drive in 2017.

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Judy Garland -

This Hollywood icon was honored with a street in Culver City, California, in a neighborhood built on the former back lot of MGM Studios, which is littered with starry street names. 

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Jay-Z - The hip-hop mogul has a street named after him, but it's not in Brooklyn, NY. It's in Kwara State, Nigeria! Nigerian Governor Bukola Saraki renamed a street Shawn 'JAY-Z' Carter Road after the rapper launched a "Water for Life" project there in 2006.

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Oprah Winfrey - If you've always wanted to traverse the successful TV personality's path, Oprah Winfrey Way in front of Harpo Studios in Chicago, US, is where to do it.

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Katharine Hepburn - Among the other classic Hollywood icons honored with a street in Culver City, California, you'll find Hepburn Circle. 

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Bob Marley - The reggae legend has a street named after him, but it's not in his native Jamaica. Church Avenue in Brooklyn, New York was renamed Bob Marley Boulevard in 2006.

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Sam Cooke -

The soul singer famously used to hang out and practice his pipes near a stretch of Cottage Grove Avenue in Chicago, US. In 2011, that stretch was renamed Sam Cooke Way.

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Muhammad Ali - In 1978, in his hometown of Louisville, KY, the famed boxer was honored with a street in his name.

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Jimi Hendrix - A street was renamed Jimi Hendrix Way in Washington State, 90 miles (145 km) from his hometown of Seattle.

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U2 - New York City officials renamed West 53rd Street west of Broadway in 2009 to U2 Way. The new name was only temporary, but the honor was celebrated with performances.

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Tina Turner - The icon was born and raised in Nutbush, Tennessee, which she sang about in 1973's 'Nutbush City Limits.' In return, the town dedicated a portion of Tennessee State Route 19 to her, called the Tina Turner Highway.

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AC/DC - Once called Corporation Lane in Melbourne, Australia, ACDC Lane was established in 2004. It left out the slash, however, as it was against the city council’s policy.

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Elvis Presley - In honor of The King, the city council of Memphis, Tennessee, voted to change the name of Highway 51 South to Elvis Presley Boulevard. His father, Vernon, attended the 1972 ceremony.

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Bob Hope - There are two Bob Hope Drives in California, one in Burbank and the other in Rancho Mirage, largely because the jack-of-all-entertainment spent most of his career in Southern California.

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Miles Davis - Miles Davis Way is located between Riverside Drive and West 77th St in New York City, honoring the legendary jazz musician near where he once lived. 

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Willie Nelson - In 2010, the city council of Austin, Texas, decided to give Second Street a second name: Willie Nelson Boulevard.

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Dave Grohl - Foo Fighters front man Dave Grohl was honored by his hometown of Warren, Ohio, when they named an alleyway after him in 2009. 

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John Lennon - In his hometown of Liverpool, England, you can find John Lennon Drive. 

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Paul McCartney - Also in Liverpool, England, Paul McCartney Way honors the musician for all of his contributions as a singer and songwriter.

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Bob Dylan - The man, the myth, and the legend has a 1.8 mile (2.9 km) street named Bob Dylan Way in Duluth, Minnesota, which is his hometown.

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Frank Sinatra - The crooner has multiple streets named after him. Frank Sinatra Drive in Rancho Mirage, California, was reportedly where he lived from 1957 to 1995. The other Frank Sinatra Drive is in his hometown of Hoboken, New Jersey.

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Frank Zappa - Berlin’s Street 13 was changed to Frank Zappa Strasse in 2007, in a decision backed by the ORWOhaus music association.

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Tom Petty - Tom Petty Road is a nearly mile-long stretch of street in Dickson, Tennessee. 

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Martin Luther King Jr. - The unforgettable activist and leader has over 730 streets named after him all over the US, with his own home state of Georgia responsible for at least 100 of them.

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Diana Ross - Not a street, but an entire playground was named after the singer in Central Park, NYC. 

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Andy Griffith - In his hometown of Mount Airy, North Carolina, TV legend Andy Griffith was honored with a major thoroughfare that runs through the middle of town named Andy's Parkway.

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Flaming Lips - Oklahoma City unveiled the Flaming Lips Alley in 2006, in the city's entertainment district.

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Joe Strummer - The Clash front man had spent a lot of time in Granada, Spain, in the '80s, and he was honored with a small square called Placeta Joe Strummer in 2013.

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Buddy Holly -

The rock star’s hometown of Lubbock, Texas, renamed Avenue H to be Buddy Holly Avenue in 1996.

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