Doctor Dre & Flavor Flav, Snapping Contest Standoff and Result (1 of 2): Museum Object and Cultural History
Doctor Dre & Flavor Flav, Snapping Contest Standoff and Result (1 of 2): Date: 1980s. Photograph by: Harry Allen, American, born 1964. Subject of: Doctor Dré, born 1963.
The object in the museum catalogue
The two are pictured in an interior office of a radio station with several other people. Dré is on the left side of the image, leaning against a desk and looking up. He wears a white jersey with the number [65]. He has a bag of records over his shoulder and holds zipper pouch or bag in front of him with one hand. A wall of cubby shelves filled with papers is behind him. Flavor Flav stands to the right of the image, looking at Dré. He wears a black baseball cap with white text, a white polo shirt, and black shorts with white text. He holds some fliers, a cassette tape and a joint in his hands. Behind him is a wood paneled wall with handwritten signs and a wall clock. One of the signs stars [ALL F.M. ENGINEERS]. Two people stand in the partially open doorway between Dré and Flav.
On the verso is a black and white label with the Eyejammie.com logo, printed title and photographer's name.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1980s
- Photograph by: Harry Allen, American, born 1964
- Subject of: Doctor Dré, born 1963
- Subject of: Flavor Flav, American, born 1959
- Subject of: WBAU, American, 1972 - 1995
- Subject of: Adelphi University, American, founded 1896
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Type: portraits
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 10 3/8 × 13 15/16 in. (26.4 × 35.4 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Image): 8 5/8 × 12 15/16 in. (21.9 × 32.8 cm)
- Place captured: Garden City, Nassau County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Comedy
- Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
- Topic: Language
- Topic: Musicians
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Radio
- Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2015.132.32
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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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: © Harry Allen Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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