<I>Masters of Ceremony: DJ Shabazz, Grand Puba Maxwell, Dr. Who, Don Barron</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1985-1986
name: label: Photograph by
content: Harry Allen, American, born 1964
label: Subject of
content: DJ Shabazz, American
label: Subject of
content: Grand Puba Maxwell, born 1966
label: Subject of
content: Todd Dixon
label: Subject of
content: Don Barron
label: Subject of
content: Masters of Ceremony, American, 1985 - 1988
label: Subject of
content: Gucci, Italian, founded 1921
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of the rap group Masters of Ceremony.
label: Description
content: The group is pictured standing in front of a white wall and doorway. From left to right: DJ Shabazz, Grand Puba Maxwell, Dr. Who (Tod Dixon), and Don Barron. Maxwell and Barron are in the foreground, with Shabazz and Dixon behind them. Shabazz wears a knit sweater, Maxwell wears a zipped leather jacket, with the Gucci logo repeated down the center placket and holds a matching Gucci baseball cap by his proper left pointer finger. Dixon wears a dark colored newsboy cap and a dark jacket. Barron wears a Gucci baseball cap, identical to the one held by Maxwell, along with a leather bomber jacket with a large patch on the proper left chest reading [Trooper / Classic]. All four men look directly at the camera. A plain white wall is in the background, with a doorway opening into a dark interior on the left side.
label: Description
content: On the verso is an adhesive label with the Eyejammie.com logo and [Title: Masters of Ceremony: DJ Shabazz, Grand Puba Maxwell, Dr. Who, Don Barron / Photographer: Harry Allen] printed in black text.
place: label: Place depicted
content: New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
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: 2015.132.45
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Harry Allen
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 15 7/8 × 19 7/8 in. (40.3 × 50.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 12 1/16 × 17 7/8 in. (30.6 × 45.4 cm)