Black and white baseball cap with the Hot 97 logo: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black and white baseball cap with the Hot 97 logo. The crown of the hat is made of white cotton and polyester twill weave. There is a metal button covered in black fabric secured at the top of the crown. The crown is pieced with six panels that are machine stitched together. Each panel has an eyelet at the center. Black thread is machine sewn around each eyelet. The Hot 97 logo is machine embroidered on the front of the hat, the text [HOT] is embroidered with black thread and the center of the "O" is filled with red thread. The number [97] is embroidered below in white thread around a black rectangle. The text [FM] is embroidered vertically in red thread to the right of the text [HOT / 97]. Below this, the text [WHERE HIP HOP LIVES] is embroidered with white thread around a red rectangle. A white adjustable closure is at the center back of the hat. The Hot 97 logo is embroidered above the closure. The text [HOT] is embroidered with black thread and the center of the "O" is filled with red thread. The number [97] is embroidered to the right in white thread around a black rectangle. The text [FM] is embroidered vertically in red thread to the right of the text [HOT / 97]. Below this, the text [WHERE HIP HOP LIVES] is embroidered with white thread around a red rectangle. The visor of the hat is likely stiffened with plastic or cardboard and is covered in black polyester cotton twill. A self fabric sweatband is machine sewn along the inner circumference of the hat. A label is sewn on the proper right side of the hat along the sweatband. The label reads [AmaPro / 65% POLYESTER / 35% COTTON / ONE SIZE FITS ALL / MADE IN BANGLADESH].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1995
• Created by: Ampro, American, founded 1973
• Subject of: Hot 97, American, founded 1948
• Type: caps (headgear)
• Type: hats
• Medium: polyester and cotton blend twill metal, and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D x C: 4 1/2 × 9 × 11 × 21 in. (11.4 × 22.9 × 27.9 × 53.3 cm)
• Cultural Place: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Fashion
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Journalism
• Topic: Music
• Topic: Radio
• Object number: 2020.30.7
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Lisa G.
• 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: © Hot 97 Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.