<I>LL Cool J, L.A. '88</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1988; printed 2003
name: label: Photograph by
content: Ricky Powell, American, 1961 - 2021
label: Subject of
content: LL Cool J, American, born 1968
label: Subject of
content: Kangol, British, founded 1938
notes: label: Description
content: A color photograph of LL Cool J captured in Los Angeles in 1988.
label: Description
content: LL Cool J is standing in the center of the image with two other men who have their backs to the camera. All three men wear identical red and white jackets and pants. The back of the jackets have red and white stripes and white lettering reading [TROOP / L.L. COOL J] with a gold crown in the center. LL Cool J faces the camera, his arms thrown over the shoulders of the men on either side of him. He wears a red bucket hat with white [KANGOL] label, a large gold rope chain, gold and diamond bracelets, and several diamond rings on each hand. The background is black. Beneath the image is a handwritten inscription reading ["L.L. COOL J" L.A. '88] with the photographer's signature [Ricky Powell / '03].
place: label: Place captured
content: Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Hip-hop (Music)
label: Topic
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Rappers (Musicians)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Eyejammie Hip-Hop Photography Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.132.357
objectType: label: Type
content: chromogenic color prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Ricky Powell
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 15 × 18 3/4 in. (38.1 × 47.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 9 1/2 × 14 in. (24.1 × 35.6 cm)