Photograph of David Banner in front of a Mississippi Welcomes you sign on I-20: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A color photograph of the rapper, David Banner, posing in front of a “Mississippi Welcomes You” sign on Interstate-20 in Mississippi. Banner is wearing a white cut-off tee-shirt with the text [Mississippi / State] printed on the front, jeans with black and gold patches sewn on the front, and a headband with partially obscured text that reads [MISSISSIPPI] on the front, though only some of the letters can be seen. On the back is an inscription written by Bill Adler with the subject, date, and photographer's name.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: March 26, 2003; printed later
• Photograph by: Julia Beverly, American, born 1981
• Subject of: David Banner, American, born 1974
• Type: chromogenic color prints
• Type: portraits
• Medium: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 11 × 14 1/16 in. (27.9 × 35.7 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 1/16 × 13 7/16 in. (23 × 34.1 cm)
• Place captured: Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: American South
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Musicians
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2015.132.139
• 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: © Julia Beverly/Ozone Magazine Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.