Photograph of Fat Joe in New York City: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

The image has a fisheye lens effect, with Fat Joe appearing at the center, in front of a brown stone building, with two men in the background. Joe is wearing white t-shirt with a blue short-sleeve button down shirt over it. Behind him, is the brown stone building facade, with several tall, arched windows. To the left of Fat Joe is another man, wearing a tan shirt and black pants, leaning against the black iron fence in front of the building. To his right, another man, wearing a white shirt and a black stocking cap, stands in front of ladder leaning against the front of the building. On the verso is an inscription by Bill Adler handwritten vertically up the right side in blue ink, with the name of the subject, photographer, date and location.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1999
• Photograph by: Michael Benabib, American, born 1962
• Subject of: Fat Joe, American, born 1970
• Type: portraits
• Type: inkjet prints
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 11 × 17 1/16 in. (27.9 × 43.3 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 3/16 × 13 in. (23.3 × 33 cm)
• Place captured: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Latin hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Musicians
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2015.132.85
• 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.