Flier for hip-hop event at T-Connection featuring DJ Love Squigg: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A flier for a hip-hop event at T-Connection in the Bronx, New York, on October 10, 1980, designed by Eddie Ed. The flier is printed in black ink on off-white paper and features text in multiple styles of hand-drawn lettering divided into three horizontal sections within a thin single line border. The top section of the flier reads [Nubian and Squigg Productions / present / a disco tribute to The Rap Recording Artists] followed by a list of the scheduled performers: D.J. Love Squigg, Devestating[sic] Force, Malibu, Tricky Tee, Robbie Rock, Bill Blast. It also lists "Invited MC's From Mt. Vernon New York Romez Slice" along with Afrika Bambaataa, DJ Jazzy Jay, DJ Red Alert, Soul Sonic Force and Cosmic Force MC's. In the middle section, the flier lists the numerous performers the event is "paying tribute to:" King Time The 3rd, Blow Fly, Sugar Hill gang, Sequence, Furious Five, Super Rhymes, Funky 4 Plus 1, Kool Kyle, Spoonie Gee, Crash Crew, D.J. Smalls, Tanya + Paulette, Kurtis Blow, B.B. Starski, Willie Wood, Sound on Sound, Lady B, Lady D, Jocko, Soul Sonic Force, Cosmic Force, Funky Constalation, T.J. Swan, Harlem World Crew, Ronnie Gee, Mr. Q, Neil Bee, R.C. La Rock, Jazzy 4, D.J. LA Boy. The bottom section has the location: T-Connection in the Bronx, New York; date: Friday, October 10, 1980; and cover information. Along the bottom edge, in a techno-style font is: [Eddie Ed Flyer Production] followed by [1980 Millie Mill ROCK ON!] in a regular font. There is no printing on the back.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1980
• Designed by: Eddie Ed, American
• Distributed by: Nubian Productions, American
• Subject of: DJ Love Squigg, American
• Subject of: Afrika Bambaataa, American, born 1957
• Subject of: DJ Jazzy Jay, American, born 1961
• Subject of: Kurtis Blow, American, born 1959
• Subject of: Kool Kyle, American
• Subject of: Kool DJ Red Alert, American, born 1956
• Type: fliers (printed matter)
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W: 8 7/16 × 6 7/16 in. (21.5 × 16.3 cm)
• Place depicted: Bronx, New York City, Bronx County, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Mount Vernon, Westchester County, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Design
• Topic: Graphic design
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Music
• Object number: 2020.54.1.1
• 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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