Photograph of Big Daddy Kane with child: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

He is on the proper left side of the image. He is wearing a pink and blue floral button down shirt, a pink sequined baseball cap, and has a goatee. He is holding his daughter in his arms. She is on the proper right side of the image. She is wearing a blue shirt with flowers, white overalls, and her hair is in braids. The background is black.

There is a white border around the image. It is thinnest on the two sides, thicker on the top, and thickest on the bottom. The back of the photograph has light grey text repeated upside down in diagonal lines. There are pieces of tape on the top and on the two sides. There is an inscription on the bottom by Bill Adler, handwritten in blue ink.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1989-1990
• Photograph by: Michael Benabib, American, born 1962
• Subject of: Big Daddy Kane, American, born 1968
• Subject of: Unidentified Child or Children
• Subject of: OshKosh B'Gosh, American, founded 1895
• Type: portraits
• Type: inkjet prints
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 16 7/16 × 11 in. (41.7 × 27.9 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 12 1/2 × 9 5/16 in. (31.7 × 23.6 cm)
• Place captured: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Children
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Musicians
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2015.132.69
• 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: © Michael Benabib Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.