Rolling Stone, issue #637: Museum Object and Cultural History
Rolling Stone, issue #637: Date: 1992. Published by: Rolling Stone, American, founded 1967. Subject of: Ice-T, American, born 1962.
The object in the museum catalogue
Issue #637 of Rolling Stone magazine featuring a photograph of rapper Ice-T wearing a police uniform centered on a plain white background. Ice-T holds a black police baton in his hands and looks straight at the camera. His hat obscures part of the [Rolling Stone] title. to the left is the headline [Ice-T / Talks / Back / (You Got / a Problem / With / That?)].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1992
- Published by: Rolling Stone, American, founded 1967
- Subject of: Ice-T, American, born 1962
- Type: magazines (periodicals)
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 12 x 10 in. (30.5 x 25.4 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Actors
- Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
- Topic: Musicians
- Topic: Race relations
- Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
- Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
- Topic: Violence
- Object number: 2011.133.2
- 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: © Rolling Stones Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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