Advertisement for Def Jam Recordings and The Box: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Advertisement for Def jam Recordings and The Box Music Television featuring a time line of major milestones between the years 1986 and 1995. Timeline appears on right side of advertisement. Left side features small circular photographs of different musical artists. Black and red type at bottom of advertisement reads, [HISTORY CONTINUES to UNFOLD / for DEF JAM and THE BOX... / HAPPY 10TH to RUSSELL and the DEF JAM FAMILY]. Reverse side of advertisement features a congratulations to Def Jam, as well as further information on the history of Def Jam Recordings.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1995
• Created by: The Box, American, 1985 - 2001
• Subject of: Def Jam Recordings, American, founded 1984
• Subject of: Run-D.M.C., American, 1981 - 2002
• Subject of: Whodini, American, founded 1981
• Subject of: Will Smith, American, born 1968
• Subject of: Jeffrey Allen Townes, American, born 1965
• Subject of: Slick Rick, British American, born 1965
• Subject of: LL Cool J, American, born 1968
• Type: advertisements
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 13 3/8 × 10 3/4 in. (34 × 27.3 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Topic: Television
• Object number: 2015.239.18
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dwandalyn R. Reece and Maya King
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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