It’s official. International music star and Virginia Beach native Timbaland will have a roadway named in his honor.

Virginia Beach City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved giving Bridle Creek Boulevard the new honoree title of Timbaland Way .

Bridle Creek Boulevard, the Salem-area roadway off which Timbaland grew up, will not lose its official name. But, “Timbaland Way” will be added to its street signs.

A three-day “Timbaland Way Weekend” celebration Oct. 17-19 will include an Oct. 18 ceremony at Salem High School where a newly designed street sign will be unveiled and the artist and music producer will receive a key to the city.

Born Timothy Mosley, Timbaland started DJing while a student at Salem High and was also part of a performance collective called S.B.I. (Surrounded By I

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