Flier for "Styliststics Disco..." event by the Herculords: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A photocopied flier for a two-day event held by The Herculords in the Bronx, New York. The vertical flier has yellowed with time and has tears and folds, especially in the corners and edges. The flier has a black, rectangular border, is decorated with starts and animated hands pointed at important information, and Art Deco designs in the bottom corners. Portraits of the four featured DJs are are presented in decorative medallions, DJ Clark Kent and Kool Herc on the left and DJ J.C. and MC Sweet and Sour on the right. The black typeface reads: [THE PLACE TO BE: GRAND OPENING! / STYLISTICS…/ DISCO / The HERCULORD’S. / Presents / DJ Clark Kent / The Rock MACHINE, / GODFATHER DJ Kool Herc. / The Imperial / DJ & MC JC, / MC Sweet & Sour! / ALSO” KOOL DJ AJ / MC’S B.B. STARSKY & / LADIE LIL-LEE - MC LIL "D" / OCT, 12-13, 1979 / FRIDAY-SATURDAY! / ADM: $2.00 LADIES, GENTS $3.00 / PUT YOUR BODY IN IT! / 308 East 166 St. Bet. / FINDLAY COLLEGE / AVENUE. / COME ONE DOWN?]. On the bottom right, above the Art Deco design and along the margin in black typeface reads: [A STRAIGHTMAN FLYER! 427-7299].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: October 1979
• Created by: Straightman (aka LAVA), American, died 2020
• Subject of: The Herculords, American
• Subject of: DJ Clark Kent
• Subject of: DJ Kool Herc, Jamaican American, born 1955
• Subject of: DJ J.C., American, 1961 - 2022
• Subject of: MC Sweet & Sour
• Subject of: Kool DJ AJ, American, died 2015
• Subject of: Busy Bee Starski, American, born 1962
• Type: fliers (printed matter)
• Medium: toner on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Break dancing
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: DJs (Musicians)
• Topic: Graphic design
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Nightlife
• Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2022.73.10.2
• 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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