Flier of Naughty By Nature and staff members of Hot 97: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A flier of radio station Hot 97 personalities with the members of Naughty by Nature. The Hot 97 logo is printed on the top left corner which reads [HOT 97 / WHERE HIP HOP LIVES]. Text under the logo reads [Naughty / by Nature / and / the / Hot 97 / Posse]. Nine people are in the photograph with eight people standing and one person crouched on one knee. Wendy Willams is in the back of the photo on the far left. She is making a peace sign with her proper right hand and is wearing sunglasses and a black shirt. Funkmaster Flex is to the right of Williams, he has his proper left arm raised with his palm spread open and is wearing a black hat. KayGee is in the next row on the far left of the photo in front of Williams. He is standing slightly hunched over and is wearing a white shirt with yellow Greek letters. Vin Rock is standing to the right of KayGee. He has his hands out in front of him and is wearing a white shirt, black shorts, and sneakers. Flava Flav is to the right of and behind Vin Rock, he is wearing a purple hat, a plaid shirt, jeans, and sneakers. Treach is standing in front and to the right of Flava Flav, he has his arms bent and hands out in front of him. He has on a sideways baseball cap and long black pants. His shirt is draped over his left shoulder. Lisa Glasberg is standing to the right of Treach and is wearing sunglasses and a black shirt with the Hot 97 logo. Marley Marl is standing to the far right of the photo with a black baseball cap and black shirt with the Hot 97 logo. Noel Mercado (Speedy) is kneeling in the front of the photo is wearing a backwards red hat, sunglasses, a tan jacket, jeans, and sneakers. The back of the flier is blank.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca.1995
• Created by: Hot 97, American, founded 1948
• Subject of: Lisa Glasberg, American, born 1956
• Subject of: Wendy Williams Hunter, American, born 1964
• Subject of: Naughty by Nature, American, founded 1988
• Subject of: Treach, American, born 1970
• Subject of: Vin Rock, American, born 1970
• Subject of: DJ Kay Gee, American, born 1969
• Subject of: Funkmaster Flex, American, born 1987
• 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)
• Object number: 2020.30.1.6
• 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

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: © Hot 97 Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.