Photograph of Slick Rick giving a speech to members of the Youth Community
date: label: Date
content: 1993
name: label: Photograph by
content: Michael Benabib, American, born 1962
label: Subject of
content: Slick Rick, British American, born 1965
notes: label: Description
content: A color photograph of Slick Rick speaking to a large group of teenagers in Mount Vernon, New York.
label: Description
content: The group is pictured inside of a recording studio, where Rick is on the left side of the image, facing the group of kids, and gesturing towards the mixing board in the left foreground. He wears a white hat, a green cardigan over a white t-shirt, and stacks of elaborate gold necklaces, rings, and bracelets. A group of nearly two dozen teenagers stand facing him, with one boy seated in a chair and holding crutches.
label: Description
content: There is a white margin around the image and an inscription by Bill Adler handwritten vertically down the left side of the verso in blue ink: [Slick Rick, Mt. Verson, N.Y., '93, By Michael Benabib].
place: label: Place captured
content: Mount Vernon, Westchester County, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Communication
label: Topic
content: Gesture
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: 2015.132.122
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): 11 × 17 in. (27.9 × 43.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 8 1/8 × 12 in. (20.7 × 30.5 cm)