Black t-shirt with a photograph of MC Sha-Rock owned by MC Lyte: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Black crew neck fitted t-shirt with a screen-printed image in silver and gray at the center front. The image is a photograph of MC Sha-Rock wearing a t-shirt that says "I'M SHA ROCK AN [illegible]". Printed above the photograph is the text "MOTHER OF THE MIC" and below the photograph text reads "SHA-ROCK" at the left facing corner, with the logo of the manufacturer printed in the right corner. A fabric tag with machine embroidery is sewn on the t-shirt at the proper left front near the hem that reads "Sedgwick & Cedar / Vintage Clothing Company / LIMITED EDITION DESIGN / legendary city style 1973". There is a manufacturer's tag at the center back interior neck with an additional tag with fiber content and size large information.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1990-2010
• Created by: Sedgwick & Cedar, American, founded 1973
• Owned by: MC Lyte, American, born 1970
• Subject of: MC Sha-Rock, American, born 1962
• Type: T-shirts
• Medium: cotton
• Dimensions: H x W: 22 x 13 in. (55.9 x 33 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Clothing and dress
• Topic: Fashion
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
• Topic: Women
• Object number: 2011.118.7
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of MC Lyte
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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