Advertisement for Def Jam Recordings and The Box
date: label: Date
content: 1995
name: label: Created by
content: The Box, American, 1985 - 2001
label: Subject of
content: Def Jam Recordings, American, founded 1984
label: Subject of
content: Run-D.M.C., American, 1981 - 2002
label: Subject of
content: Whodini, American, founded 1981
label: Subject of
content: Will Smith, American, born 1968
label: Subject of
content: Jeffrey Allen Townes, American, born 1965
label: Subject of
content: Slick Rick, British American, born 1965
label: Subject of
content: LL Cool J, American, born 1968
label: Subject of
content: Public Enemy, American, founded 1982
label: Subject of
content: Method Man, American, born 1971
label: Subject of
content: Mary J. Blige, American, born 1971
notes: label: Description
content: Advertisement for Def jam Recordings and The Box Music Television featuring a time line of major milestones between the years 1986 and 1995. Timeline appears on right side of advertisement. Left side features small circular photographs of different musical artists. Black and red type at bottom of advertisement reads, [HISTORY CONTINUES to UNFOLD / for DEF JAM and THE BOX... / HAPPY 10TH to RUSSELL and the DEF JAM FAMILY]. Reverse side of advertisement features a congratulations to Def Jam, as well as further information on the history of Def Jam Recordings.
place: label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Hip-hop (Music)
label: Topic
content: Rappers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Television
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dwandalyn R. Reece and Maya King
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.239.18
objectType: label: Type
content: advertisements
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 13 3/8 × 10 3/4 in. (34 × 27.3 cm)