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

The object in the museum catalogue

Queen Latifah is on the proper right side. She is wearing a dark grey hoodie, a necklace, and hoop earrings. She has short brown hair and red lipstick. MC Lyte is on the proper left side. She is wearing a yellow MTV shirt, a black hat, a necklace, hoop earrings, and sunglasses on the front of her shirt. There is a crowd of people in the background. They are out of focus.

There is a white border around the image. It is thinner on the top and bottom and thicker on the two sides. There are some tears at the top from where tape used to be. The back of the photograph has light grey text repeated upside down in diagonal lines. There are yellow post-it notes on the top left side. There is an inscription by Bill Adler on the bottom, handwritten in blue ink.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1992
• Photograph by: Michael Benabib, American, born 1962
• Subject of: Queen Latifah, American, born 1970
• Subject of: MC Lyte, American, born 1970
• Type: portraits
• Type: inkjet prints
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 11 × 17 in. (28 × 43.2 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 8 13/16 × 13 1/16 in. (22.4 × 33.1 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: 2015.132.108
• 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.