Photograph of Sha-Rock, The Valley, NYC
date: label: Date
content: June 1980
name: label: Photograph by
content: Charlie Ahearn, American
label: Subject of
content: MC Sha-Rock, American, born 1962
notes: label: Description
content: A color photograph of Sharon Green, also known as MC Sha-Rock. Sha-Rock wears a green sweatshirt with yellow letters that appears to read "I'm Sha-Rock an I can't be stopped." She is looking away from the camera with her arms held in front of her at waist-level, her hands appear to be mid-snap. An inscription on the back by Bill Adler identifies the subject, location, date and photographer.
place: label: Place captured
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Hip-hop (Music)
label: Topic
content: Identity
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: 2015.132.20
objectType: label: Type
content: chromogenic color prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Charlie Ahearn
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: 15 7/8 × 19 13/16 in. (40.3 × 50.3 cm)