Doctor Dré & Flavor Flav, Snapping Contest Standoff and Result (2 of 2): Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

The two are pictured in an interior office room of a radio station, laughing with several other people. Dré is in the center of the image, leaning against a desk and laughing. 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. Another man sits beside him wearing an Adidas baseball cap and holding a bag of records on his lap. Flavor Flav stands to the right of the image, in front of an open doorway. He wears a black baseball cap with white text, a white polo shirt, and black shorts with white text. He is looking down and laughing, holding some fliers, a cassette tape and a joint in his hands. Two people stand in the doorway behind him, also laughing. Shelves full of binders and papers are on the wall behind Dré and a telephone and typewriter are visible on the desk to the left. Another person is partially visible sitting on the desk in the foreground.

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: Adidas AG, German, founded 1948
• Subject of: Lacoste, French, founded 1933
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Type: portraits
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in. (27.8 × 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: 2015.132.33
• 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: © Harry Allen Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.