After more than 40 years of shaping R&B, New Edition was honored in their hometown of Boston with a proclamation and street renaming on Saturday afternoon.
In a special tribute, a portion of the street in Roxbury, where most of the group was born and raised, was renamed “New Edition Way,” marking the spot where the group was formed 42 years ago.
“I now have the honor of officially declaring today ‘New Edition Day’ in the city of Boston,” Mayor Wu announced to a cheering crowd…