Photographic print of MC Lyte & Nat Robinson, president, First Priority Records: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Nat Robinson is on the proper right side. He is wearing an Oakland Raiders cap and a shiny long sleeve button down shirt tucked into a pair of light denim jeans. There is a pair of sunglasses on the front of his shirt. His proper left arm is around MC Lyte. She is wearing a black bucket hat, a long sleeve paisley print shirt, a black fanny pack, a necklace, hoop earrings, and several rings. Her proper left fingers are spread out in front of her and she is looking up at Robinson. There are several other people in the background and there is a white wicker chair partially visible at the bottom of the proper left side.

On the back of the print is a handwritten inscription by Bill Adler identifying the subjects, location, date, and photographer.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: August 31, 1990
• Photograph by: Al Pereira, American, born 1963
• Subject of: Nat Robinson, American
• Subject of: MC Lyte, American, born 1970
• Subject of: First Priority Music, American, founded 1987
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 13 7/8 × 10 15/16 in. (35.2 × 27.8 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 12 15/16 × 8 5/8 in. (32.9 × 21.9 cm)
• Place captured: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Gesture
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Musicians
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2015.132.295
• 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: © Al Pereira Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.