Rappers 8Ball and MJG get honorary sign in ‘the Mound’
MJG (left), and 8Ball attended a ceremony Saturday at Park Avenue and Airways Boulevard, where an honorary sign renaming the intersection for them was unveiled. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
The Airways Boulevard and Park Avenue intersection is now also known as 8Ball Boulevard and MJG Avenue for the duo whose lyrics proclaim they’re “part of the streets, ’cause the streets are a part of us.”
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Michael Waddell is a native Memphian with more than 20 years of professional writing and editorial experience, working most recently with The Daily News and High Ground News.
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