Photograph of Salt-N-Pepa with Hurby "Luvbug" Azor: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A color photograph of the hip hop group Salt-N-Pepa and rap artist Hurby Azor. From left to right the photograph depicts Salt-N-Pepa members Spinderella, Salt, and Pepa with Azor sitting on a chair in the foreground. Salt is depicted wearing a jean jacket and dark pants. Salt is wearing a red sweater with black pants. She is seat on the back of the chair Azor is seated in. Pepa is wearing a brown jacket over a black shirt and pants. Azor is wearing a red and white track suit with the text [ST. SLAM] righted on the proper right arm. On the back is an inscription written by Bill Adler with the subjects, date, and photographer's name.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1987
• Photograph by: Janette Beckman, English, born 1950
• Subject of: Salt-N-Pepa, American, founded 1985
• Subject of: Hurby Azor, Haitian American, born 1965
• Subject of: Salt, American, born 1966
• Subject of: Pepa, Jamaican American, born 1969
• Subject of: Spinderella, American, born 1970
• Type: portraits
• Type: digital prints
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 19 15/16 × 16 1/4 in. (50.6 × 41.2 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Fashion
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Musicians
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2015.132.67
• 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: © Janette Beckman Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.