Photograph of DMC and Run backstage during the "Run's House" tour at UIC Pavilio: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black and white photograph of DMC and Run reading Rock and Soul Magazine backstage at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago. DMC wears a leather jacket and holds the magazine; Run wears an argyle sweater with his hands in his pockets. Both wear dark-colored fedoras. On the back of the photograph is the subject and photographer's name written by Bill Adler.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: August 1984; printed later
• Photograph by: Raymond Boyd, American, born 1958
• Subject of: Run-D.M.C., American, 1981 - 2002
• Subject of: Bill Adler, American, born 1951
• Subject of: Darryl Matthews McDaniels, American, born 1964
• Subject of: Rev. Run, American, born 1964
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 13 15/16 × 9 3/4 in. (35.4 × 24.8 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 13 × 8 3/4 in. (33 × 22.2 cm)
• Place captured: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Mass media
• Topic: Musicians
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2015.132.166
• 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: © Raymond Boyd Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.