Bonz Malone - "The Slip Mahoney of Hip-Hop" The Palladium '93: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A color photograph of Bönz Malone. Malone is depicted sitting in a folding theater chair in three-quarters profile. He is looking at the viewer with his legs resting over the chair back in front of him and his elbows wrapped around his knees. He is wearing jeans, a jean jacket over a red shirt, and a rainbow baseball cap with a red propeller on the top. Beneath the image is a handwritten inscription, [BONZ MALONE - "THE SLIP MAHONEY OF HIP HOP / THE PALLADIUM '93]. Along with the photographer's signature [Ricky Powell].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1993; printed 2003
• Photograph by: Ricky Powell, American, 1961 - 2021
• Subject of: Bönz Malone, American
• Subject of: Palladium, American, 1927 - 1997
• Type: chromogenic color prints
• Medium: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 19 1/16 × 15 in. (48.4 × 38.1 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 14 × 12 in. (35.6 × 30.5 cm)
• Place captured: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Musicians
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2015.132.334
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• 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: © Ricky Powell Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.