Poster for a concert at Club Paradise in Memphis: Museum Object and Cultural History

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A poster for a concert at Club Paradise in Memphis, TN. The poster is yellow with black text. The text reads [CLUB PARADISE Presents / A SUMMER VACATION JAM / RAP SESSION & DANCE / WORLD’S LARGEST DANCE FLOOR / STARRING / TOO SHORT / (SHORT DOG) / “SHORT DOG IS IN THE HOUSE” “ IN THE GHETTO” “BORN TO ACK” / GANGSTER PAT / “I AM A GANGSTER” “ THE GANGSTER WALK” / THREE THE HARD WAY / WITH MANY OTHER RAP STARS / Plus BIG RAP CONTEST / CLUB PARADISE / 645 EAST GEORGIA, MEMPHIS / SAT. JUNE 8 / 8:00 P. M. UNTIL? / ADVANCE ADMISSION $14.00 AT DOOR $17.00 / TICKETS: BOSS BOB’S RECORDS, GOOD TIMES RECORDS, CLUB PARADISE & WILLIE MOORE’S GROCERIES].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1991
• Distributed by: Club Paradise, American, 1962 - 1999
• Printed by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Too Short, American, born 1966
• Subject of: Gangsta Pat, American, born 1973
• Subject of: Three the Hard Way, American
• Subject of: Boss "Ugly" Bob's Record and Stereo Center, American
• Subject of: Good Times Records, American
• Subject of: Willie Moore's Groceries, American
• Type: posters
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 27 11/16 × 22 1/16 in. (70.3 × 56.1 cm)
• Place depicted: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Dance
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2019.28.34
• 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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