Photograph of KRS-One and Queen Latifah on set of "Heal Yourself" video: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

KRS-One is on the proper right side. He is wearing a white Seattle Seahawks t-shirt. He has a goatee and his head is tilted to the proper left side. His left arm is resting on something. Queen Latifah is on the proper left side. She is wearing a dark grey hoodie, hoop earrings, a necklace, and bracelets on her proper right wrist. She also has sunglasses on top of her head and short brown hair. She is leaning to her right and her right arm is resting next to KRS-One's. They are in front of a brick building with fences in front of the windows.

There is a white border around the image. I is thicker on the two sides and thinner on the top and bottom. There is a small, yellowing tear at the top from where a piece of tape used to be. The back of the photograph has light grey text repeated diagonal lines facing the right side of the paper. There are tears on all of the edges from where tape used to be. There is an inscription by Bill Adler handwritten vertically down the left side in blue ink.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1992
• Photograph by: Michael Benabib, American, born 1962
• Subject of: KRS-One, American, born 1965
• Subject of: Queen Latifah, American, born 1970
• Subject of: Seattle Seahawks, American, founded 1975
• Type: portraits
• Type: inkjet prints
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 11 × 17 in. (27.9 × 43.2 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 8 1/8 × 12 in. (20.6 × 30.5 cm)
• Place captured: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Musicians
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2015.132.93
• 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: © Michael Benabib Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.