Chromogenic print of Erick Sermon: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Sermon is on the proper left side of the image, only partially visible in the frame. He is wearing a navy jacket with a red and white [Fubu] logo and a white shirt underneath. He has a goatee and buzzed hair. Most of the proper left side of his body is out of frame, with only his head and chest partially visible. There is a man standing in the background. This man may be Def Squad member Keith Murray, but he is too out of focus to be identified. He is wearing a light blue jersey with a white shirt under it and a yellow and white [Fubu] logo on it. He is wearing a black hat and light denim jeans and his hands are folding in front of him.

An inscription at the bottom, handwritten by Bill Adler, identifies the subject and the photographer.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1994 - 2004
• Photograph by: Rachelle Clinton, American
• Subject of: Erick Sermon, American, born 1968
• Type: chromogenic color prints
• Medium: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 14 1/16 × 11 in. (35.7 × 27.9 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 12 11/16 × 10 5/16 in. (32.2 × 26.2 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Musicians
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2015.132.179
• 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: © Rachelle Clinton Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.