Poster promoting freestyle event hosted by BMI and Black Rock Coalition: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A promotional poster, black ink on yellowed paper, for New Music Nights Festival presented by Broadcast Music, Inc. and the Black Rock Coalition at The Ritz in New York City. The event is billed as "An evening of Freestyling / ROCK & RAP" on Sunday, June 21st. Left side of the poster uses black ink with text in the negative; right side is black ink on slightly yellowed paper. Acts to appear at the festival are listed in two columns at center of poster. Bottom of the poster lists ticket price as $15 and displays the address of The Ritz venue as well as box office and TicketMaster phone numbers. Top right corner is torn off.

Acts listed are 2 Kings in a Cipher, Grand Daddy I.U., Jamalski, Knuckleheads, Leaders of the New School, Little Bastards, Maseo (De La Soul), Me Phi Me, Nikke Nicole, Nubian Sisters, Onyx, Papa Chuk, Rough House Survivors, Superstar, Tim Dog, Trish, Marque Gilmore, Meshell Johnson, Dave Fuzinski, Mark Batson, Lenny Underwood, John Floyd, Venlo Odom, Jared Nickerson, and special guests. Poster notes that all MCs are backed by Black Rock Coalition's DoperthanDerrida Band.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1990
• Created by: Black Rock Coalition, American, founded 1985
• Printed by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Broadcast Music, Inc., American, founded 1939
• Subject of: The Ritz, American, 1980 - early 1990s
• Subject of: Two Kings in a Cipher, American, 1990 - 1992
• Subject of: Grand Daddy I.U., American, born 1968
• Subject of: Jamalski, American
• Subject of: Leaders of the New School, American, 1968 - 1994
• Type: posters
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 29 × 23 in. (73.7 × 58.4 cm)
• Place depicted: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
• Topic: Rock and roll (Music)
• Object number: 2015.42.9
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Rock Coalition - LaRonda Davis, President
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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