Photographic print of LL Cool J
date: label: Date
content: June 1989
name: label: Photograph by
content: Roberto Rabanne
label: Subject of
content: LL Cool J, American, born 1968
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of LL Cool J. He is depicted facing the viewer in a bust pose. He is wearing a dark colored, collarless, button down shirt with a dark, a silk pocket square tucked into his proper left shirt pocket, and a dark bucket hat with a darker rim with the letters [BIG - L] across the crown in block letters. His proper right hand is resting against his proper left shoulder. He is wearing a large metal ring with inlaid diamonds that reads [COOL.J]. On the back is an inscription written by Bill Adler with the subject, date, and photographer's name.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Hip-hop (Music)
label: Topic
content: Identity
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: 2015.132.386
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Roberto Rabanne
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 12 × 9 in. (30.5 × 22.9 cm)