Photographic print of Chubb Rock and friends, Manhattan
date: label: Date
content: March 24, 1989
name: label: Photograph by
content: Al Pereira, American, born 1963
label: Subject of
content: Chubb Rock, Jamaican American, born 1968
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of Chubb Rock with two women outside in Manhattan, New York City.
label: Description
content: Rock is pictured in the center of the image, his arms around an unidentified woman on either side of him. He is leaning against the rear side of a car and wears a striped shirt and a chain necklace with a large medallion featuring a double bust of Nefertiti in profile, with large cylindrical headdress. The woman on the left wears dark colored clothing, a large belt, hoop earrings, a necklace adn several rings. She stands with her proper right hand on her right hip and Chubb Rock's hand is at her waist. The woman on the right side of the image also wears dark colored clothing. She stands turned towards Rock with both hands resting on his proper left shoulder. His arm is around her shoulers. In the background is a fence with barbed wire and brick building.
label: Description
content: On the back of the print, a handwritten inscription by Bill Adler identifies the subject, photographer, date, and location.
place: label: Place captured
content: Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Hip-hop (Music)
label: Topic
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Rappers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Urban life
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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: 2015.132.272
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Al Pereira
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): 13 15/16 × 11 in. (35.4 × 27.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 13 × 8 5/8 in. (33 × 21.9 cm)