Photograph of David Banner in front of a Mississippi Welcomes you sign on I-20
date: label: Date
content: March 26, 2003; printed later
name: label: Photograph by
content: Julia Beverly, American, born 1981
label: Subject of
content: David Banner, American, born 1974
notes: label: Description
content: A color photograph of the rapper, David Banner, posing in front of a “Mississippi Welcomes You” sign on Interstate-20 in Mississippi. Banner is wearing a white cut-off tee-shirt with the text [Mississippi / State] printed on the front, jeans with black and gold patches sewn on the front, and a headband with partially obscured text that reads [MISSISSIPPI] on the front, though only some of the letters can be seen. On the back is an inscription written by Bill Adler with the subject, date, and photographer's name.
place: label: Place captured
content: Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
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: 2015.132.139
objectType: label: Type
content: chromogenic color prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Julia Beverly/Ozone Magazine
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 11 × 14 1/16 in. (27.9 × 35.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 9 1/16 × 13 7/16 in. (23 × 34.1 cm)