Photograph of Fat Joe, Flavor Flav, Rah Digga, and Wyclef Jean: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A photograph of Fat Joe, Flavor Flav, Rah Digga, and Wyclef Jean. Fat Joe is standing on the far left of the photo. He is wearing sunglasses, a white shirt, and a denim jacket. Flavor Flav is on the middle left of the photo. He is wearing a black hat, blue sweatshirt, and a clock chain necklace. Rah Digga is on the middle right of the photo. She is wearing sunglasses and a black leather jacket. She is holding a plastic water bottle in her proper right hand. Wyclef Jean is on the far right of the photo. He is wearing a head covering, red shirt, and grey jacket. He has his proper right hand around Rah Digga and is holding a cup in her proper left hand. The back of the photograph is printed with the text [AGFA].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca.1995
• Photograph by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Fat Joe, American, born 1970
• Subject of: Flavor Flav, American, born 1959
• Subject of: Rah Digga, American, born 1974
• Subject of: Wyclef Jean, Haitian, born 1969
• Subject of: Hot 97, American, founded 1948
• Type: chromogenic color prints
• Medium: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: L x W: 6 × 4 in. (15.2 × 10.2 cm)
• Place depicted: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Journalism
• Topic: Music
• Topic: Musicians
• Topic: Radio
• Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2020.30.3.35
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Lisa G.
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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