Sweet Tee & Jazzy Joyce, Family Home of Hurby "Luvbug" Azor, Brooklyn: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black and white photograph of Sweet Tee & Jazzy Joyce at the home of Hurby Azor in Brooklyn, New York.

The two women are in pictured in the center of the image, sitting on a floral sofa. Sweet Tee is on the left. She has short curly hair and is wearing large earrings and several necklaces. She is wearing a white sweatshirt with a tiger face and tiger stripes, jeans, and black boots. Her hands are folded on her lap and her left leg is crossed on top of her right leg. She is leaning toward Jazzy Joyce, who sits next to her. Joyce has long straight hair and is wearing hoop earrings, several necklaces, a watch, bracelets, and rings. One of her necklaces reads [JOYCE]. She is wearing a dark long sleeve button down shirt and lighter pants. Her hands are folded on her lap and her right leg is bent while her left leg is stretched out. Behind the sofa is a wood paneled wall with several framed portraits. The women sit directly beneath a wedding portrait of a bride.

On the back is an [eyejammie.com] sticker with the text: [Title: Sweet Tee & Jazzy Joyce, Family Home of Hurby "The Luv Bug" Azor, Brooklyn / Photographer: Harry Allen].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1980s
• Photograph by: Harry Allen, American, born 1964
• Subject of: Sweet Tee, American
• Subject of: DJ Jazzy Joyce, American
• Subject of: Hurby Azor, Haitian American, born 1965
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Type: portraits
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 10 7/8 × 13 15/16 in. (27.7 × 35.4 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 8 9/16 × 12 7/8 in. (21.8 × 32.7 cm)
• Place captured: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Domestic life
• Topic: Fashion
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Musicians
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2015.132.55
• 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: © Harry Allen Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.