<I>Flavor Flav and Biz Markie at Studio 54, 1990</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1990; printed 2003
name: label: Photograph by
content: Ricky Powell, American, 1961 - 2021
label: Subject of
content: Flavor Flav, American, born 1959
label: Subject of
content: Biz Markie, American, born 1964
label: Subject of
content: Studio 54, American, 1977 - 1986
label: Subject of
content: Public Enemy, American, founded 1982
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Flavor Flav and Biz Markie at Studio 54.
label: Description
content: Flavor Flav is on the left side of the image wearing a hat, sunglasses, bowtie, a necklace with a Public Enemy medallion, and a jacket embroidered with [Flavor Flav]. Biz Markie on the right side of the image,his arm around Flavor Flav's shoulders, holding the Public Enemy medallion up for the camera to see. Markie wears a necklace with oversized clock medallion and a fur hat. He is smiling wide. An unidentified man is visible behind Flav. Beneath the image is a handwritten inscription reading [FLAVOR FLAV + BIZ MARKIE! / STUDIO 54 1990] along with the photographer's signature [Ricky Powell / '03].
place: label: Place captured
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Hip-hop (Music)
label: Topic
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Nightlife
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Rappers (Musicians)
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2015.132.342
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver 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: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 11 15/16 × 13 15/16 in. (30.3 × 35.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 8 × 12 in. (20.3 × 30.5 cm)