Outfit worn worn by DJ Kool Herc in the movie Beat Street
date: label: Date
content: 1984
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Made in the Shade
label: Manufactured by
content: Cotler
label: Worn by
content: DJ Kool Herc, Jamaican American, born 1955
notes: label: Description
content: This is a three-piece outfit worn by DJ Kool Herc in the 1984 film, Beat Street. The Cotler blue denim jacket (2022.73.5.1) is a size XL with tan-color leather fringe from each shoulder to the bottom and a zipper front closure. The Made in the Shade blue denim jeans (2022.73.5.2) are a junior size 13 with leather panels running down the outside of each leg and a zipper closure. The brown leather belt (2022.73.5.3) has metal encased punch holes and decorative circular metal pieces above and below each punch hole.
place: label: Place captured
content: Bronx, New York City, Bronx County, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Costume
label: Topic
content: DJs (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Hip-hop (Music)
label: Topic
content: Musical films
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Costume
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: 2022.73.5.1-.3
objectType: label: Type
content: ensembles (costume)
label: Type
content: jean jackets
label: Type
content: belts (costume accessories)
label: Type
content: jeans
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown – Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: denim and leather with metal
label: Dimensions
content: Chest (.1, jacket): 27 in. (68.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Waist (.2, pants): 34 in. (86.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Inseam (.2, pants): 36 in. (91.4 cm)