Photograph of Marley Marl at home in New Jersey with his master tapes
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1991
name: label: Photograph by
content: Michael Benabib, American, born 1962
label: Subject of
content: Marley Marl, American, born 1962
notes: label: Description
content: A color photograph of Marly Marl.
label: Description
content: He is wearing a blue jacket, has a goatee, and is wearing a watch on his proper left wrist. He is gesturing towards a stack of boxes full of master tapes. Many of the boxes say "L.L. Cool J" on them.
label: Description
content: There is a white border around the image. It is thinner on the two sides and thicker on the top and bottom. The back of the photograph has light grey text repeated upside down in diagonal lines. There are tears at the top and on the sides from where tape used to be and several ink smudges in different areas. There is an inscription by Bill Adler on the bottom, handwritten in blue ink.
place: label: Place captured
content: New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Gesture
label: Topic
content: Hip-hop (Music)
label: Topic
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Photography
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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: 2015.132.98
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): 17 × 11 in. (43.2 × 27.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 8 7/8 × 10 3/4 in. (22.5 × 27.3 cm)