Flier for Hot 97 with Mary J. Blige and The Notorious B.I.G.: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A flier for the Hot 97 radio station with Mary J. Blige and The Notorious B.I.G. Text on the top of the flier reads [Mary J. Blige & Notorious B.I.G / with the Hot 97 Posse]. Below the text is a photograph of nine people. Eight of the people in the photo are standing and one woman is kneeling at the center front of the photo. The woman kneeling is likely MC Lyte, she is wearing a baseball cap, sunglasses, hoop earrings, and a denim shirt. Mary J. Blige is standing on the far-left side of the photograph with her hands on her hips. She is wearing a navy-blue baseball cap, a blue sleeveless shirt, denim shorts with a black belt, and black boots. Chico Del Vec is standing next to Blige. He is wearing a three-quarter length shirt with jeans and boots. An unidentified man is standing to the right of Del Vec wearing a white towel on his head, a white long sleeve shirt, pants, and black boots. The unidentified man standing above MC Lyte is wearing sunglasses, a white shirt and black pants. The Notorious B.I.G. is standing in the center of the photo, he is wearing a cross necklace with a navy, red, and white jacket with navy pants. The unidentified man standing to the back right of The Notorious B.I.G. is wearing a black shirt with grey and white lettering and black pants. Mark Pitts is standing second from the right in the photograph. He is wearing a backwards baseball cap, a short sleeve shirt that reads "Brooklyn" and black pants. Angie Martinez is on the far right of the photo. She is wearing sunglasses, hoop earrings, a black shirt with the Hot 97 logo, and shorts. The Hot 97 logo is printed on the bottom of the flier which reads [HOT 97 / WHERE HIP HOP LIVES]. The text [FM] is printed vertically to the right of the text. The Hot 97 logo is printed on the top center of the back of the flier.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca.1995
• Created by: Hot 97, American, founded 1948
• Subject of: Mary J. Blige, American, born 1971
• Subject of: Biggie Smalls, American, 1972 - 1997
• Subject of: Mark Pitts
• Subject of: MC Lyte, American, born 1970
• Subject of: Junior M.A.F.I.A., American, founded 1994
• Subject of: Chico Del Vec, American, died 2023
• Subject of: Angela "Angie" Martinez, American, born 1971
• Type: fliers (printed matter)
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: L x W: 5 1/2 × 7 in. (14 × 17.8 cm)
• Place made: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: DJs (Musicians)
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Music
• Topic: Musicians
• Topic: Radio
• Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2020.30.1.2
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Lisa G.
• 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: © Hot 97 Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.