<I>...Past, Present and Future of Hip Hop...</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2000
name: label: Created by
content: Black Entertainment Television, American, founded 1980
label: Created by
content: Def Jam Recordings, American, founded 1984
label: Subject of
content: Redman, American, born 1970
label: Subject of
content: LL Cool J, American, born 1968
label: Subject of
content: DMX, American, born 1970
label: Subject of
content: Foxy Brown, American, born 1978
label: Subject of
content: Slick Rick, British American, born 1965
label: Subject of
content: Method Man, American, born 1971
label: Subject of
content: Ja Rule, American, born 1976
label: Subject of
content: Richie Rich, American, born 1967
label: Subject of
content: EPMD, American, founded 1987
notes: label: Description
content: Poster for Black History Month issued by Def Jam Recordings and Black Entertainment Television (BET) featuring Def Jam rappers. At the top is black text reading [...Past, Present and Future of Hip Hop]. In the center, sepia-toned portraits of the artists form a grid. Pictured are: (first line) Redman, LL Cool J, DMX, EPMD; (second line) Ja Rule, Foxy Brown, Slick Rick, Method Man, and Richie Rich. Along the bottom is [Celebrate Black History Month] in large black text. In the lower left corner is the logo for Def Jam and in the lower right corner is the logo for aBET. The poster is bordered in a narrow black line.
place: label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: Poster from Def Jam Recordings and BET celebrating Black History Month
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Hip-hop (Music)
label: Topic
content: Rappers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Television
label: Topic
content: United States History
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dwandalyn R. Reece and Maya King
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.239.16
objectType: label: Type
content: posters
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 24 × 36 in. (61 × 91.4 cm)