Untitled: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A digital, black-and-white image of YG speaking at a Black Lives Matter protest in Hollywood, California. The image was taken by Tommy Oliver during the protests that followed the death of George Floyd. YG is speaking into a bullhorn. He is shown at the center of the image, within a crowd of protesters. He is speaking into a bullhorn held in his proper right hand. He is wearing a white T-shirt with a graphic on the front and a black baseball-style cap, worn backwards. In the foreground, one the far right, is a blurred unidentified male protester wearing a black face mask with illegible text printed on the front. To the left is blurred microphone covered with a wind muff. Behind YG, are additional protesters, some of whom are wearing face masks. In the distant background are treetops and clear sky.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: June 7, 2020
• Photograph by: Tommy Oliver, American, born 1984
• Subject of: YG, American, born 1990
• Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
• Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women
• Subject of: George Perry Floyd Jr., American, 1973 - 2020
• Type: digital images
• Type: digital media - born digital
• Medium: digital
• Dimensions: H x W: 4480 pixels × 6720 pixels
• Dimensions: File size: 172.29 MB
• Place captured: Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Justice
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Police brutality
• Topic: Race relations
• Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2021.31.57
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Tommy and Codie Oliver
• 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: © Tommy Oliver Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.