Last month, we told you about a fan organizing a petition to have an intersection renamed after that late Notorious B.I.G.. (Story here)
Although a petition to have the corner of Fulton Street and St. James Place named “Christopher Wallace Way” has 4,000 signatures, some opponents have objected to his “physical appearance” (he weighed nearly 400 pounds), charged that his lyrics are misogynistic and argued that his life, including arrests for drugs and assault, is not worthy of official praise.
“He started selling drugs at 12, he was a school dropout at 17, he was arrested for drugs and weapons charge, he was arrested for parole violations, he was arrested in North Carolina for crack cocaine, in 1996 he was again arrested for assault, he had a violent death and physically the man is not exactly a role model for youth,” Lucy Koteen told community board members at a meeting on Tuesday, according to DNAInfo.com, which first reported on the controversy.
I think the comments were disrespectful to the deceased rapper and his family. What are your thought?
For now, the issue has been postponed until further notice. If you would like to sign the petition visit: www.change.org/petitions/christopher-wallace-way
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