Photo still from Slick Rick's "Children's Story" music video: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photo still from Slick Rick's "Children's Story" music video: Date: 1989. Photograph by: Coreen Simpson, American, born 1942. Subject of: Slick Rick, British American, born 1965.
The object in the museum catalogue
Black and white photographic still from Slick Rick's music video for the song, "Children's Story". The photograph depicts Slick Rick holding a paper bag and running down the street, away from six chasing policemen. Black type below the photograph describes the scene and gives contact information for Columbia Records.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1989
- Photograph by: Coreen Simpson, American, born 1942
- Subject of: Slick Rick, British American, born 1965
- Distributed by: Columbia Records, American, founded 1888
- Type: film stills
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
- Topic: Musicians
- Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2014.203.2
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ricky Walters, professionally known as Slick Rick (Courtesy of Walters Archives), © CBS Records Inc.
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
Sources and reuse
Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © CBS Records Inc Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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