Greg Mudge was just a guy who spun techno records, and then he became a guy who made sandwiches. This stuff about putting his name on a street sign, over by Mudgie's Deli & Wine Shop in Corktown?

"It's something Greg would have teased himself about," said his friend, Justin Ivey. But Mudge died four years ago , so he doesn't get a say − and his buddies, his widow, his mom and a few fellow business owners are trying to make it happen.

"Secondary street signs," the city of Detroit calls them. They're the blue signs with someone's name on them, like John Conyers Jr. or influential hip hop producer J Dilla, that usually hang above the actual green signs that tell you where you are.

They are a distinct honor, bestowed annually sinnce 2019 by the Detroit City Council and paid for by the cho

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