Photograph of LL Cool J with DJ Bobcat, E. Love, and Cut Creator
date: label: Date
content: 1987
name: label: Photograph by
content: Michael Benabib, American, born 1962
label: Subject of
content: LL Cool J, American, born 1968
label: Subject of
content: DJ Bobcat, American, born 1967
label: Subject of
content: E-Love, American
label: Subject of
content: Cut Creator, American
notes: label: Description
content: A color photograph of LL Cool J with DJ Bobcat, E. Love, and Cut Creator.
label: Description
content: They are posed in front of a dark grey background. DJ Bobcat is to the far proper right side of the image. He is crouched down and is wearing a track suit with a red and white design on the front. The word [adidas] with the logo is in red on the proper left side of the chest. He is wearing a black baseball cap turned slightly towards the proper right. There is a Minnesota Twins logo on the hat- a red "C" with a white "T" going through it. He is wearing a thick gold helix chain necklace, with a similar bracelet on his proper left wrist. On his right wrist he is wearing a gold bracelet with an animal head on it. He also has two (2) gold rings on his left hand and a pair of gold rimmed wide-lens glasses.
label: Description
content: LL Cool J is to the proper left side of DJ Bobcat. He is wearing a white sweatshirt with words and images that are mostly covered. ["HA] can be seen, but the rest is covered by his hand. He is wearing a red had with a white [KANGOL] logo in the center. The logo has a kangaroo above the word. He is wearing a gold helix chain and a second type of chain around his neck and several gold rings on each of his hands. His right hand and left arm and hand are resting on a large grey Conion boom box. The boom box is angled diagonally from the bottom right of the photo up towards the proper left side. His hands are on the proper left top corner of the boom box. Under the boom box part of his leg is visible. He is wearing blue jeans and white socks.
label: Description
content: Cut Creator is to the proper left side of LL Cool J. He is kneeling, with his proper right leg on the ground and his proper left leg propped up. His left elbow is resting on his left leg. He is wearing a black, red, and white track suit with a black and red Fila logo on the left sleeve. He is the only one not wearing a hat and he has a small beard. He is also wearing a thick gold helix chain around his neck. E-Love is crouching behind the three others. He is between LL Cool J and Cut Creator, and has his proper left arm resting on Cut Creator's right shoulder. He is wearing a gold ring on his left hand. His right arm is extended and his hand is resting on DJ Bobcat's proper right shoulder. He is wearing a white long sleeved shirt with a gold and a black stripe on the proper left shoulder. He is wearing a thick gold helix chain around his neck and has a small gold earring in his proper left ear. He has a small goatee and is wearing a black hat.
label: Description
content: The white border is thicker on the proper right side of the image. The back of the photo has grey text, repeated in diagonal lines. There is an inscription on the side, handwritten by Bill Adler.
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: Actors
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Hip-hop (Music)
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: 2015.132.96
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: inkjet prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Michael Benabib
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 10 15/16 × 14 1/8 in. (27.8 × 35.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 9 1/2 × 12 in. (24.2 × 30.5 cm)