Photograph of Big Daddy Kane, NYC, 1991: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

He is wearing a grey hoodie with the hood up and a black leather jacket. He has a goatee and his hands are folded in front of him. They are out of focus. The background is black.

There is a thin black line along the bottom and the proper left side. There is a white border around the image, which is thinnest on the two sides, thicker on the top, and thickest on the top and bottom. The back of the photograph has light grey text repeated in diagonal lines. There are tears on the top and on the sides from where tape used to be. There is an inscription by Bill Adler on the top, handwritten in blue ink.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1991
• Photograph by: Michael Benabib, American, born 1962
• Subject of: Big Daddy Kane, American, born 1968
• Type: portraits
• Type: inkjet prints
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 17 × 11 in. (43.2 × 27.9 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 15 3/8 × 10 3/4 in. (39 × 27.3 cm)
• Place captured: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Musicians
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2015.132.70
• 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: © Michael Benabib Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.