Def Jam Jacket, worn by D-Rucka
date: label: date made
content: 2000
name: label: user
content: Wilmore, Darius
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This leather jacket was used by former Def Jam Records Arts Director / Creative Marketing Specialist, Darius Wilmore aka D-Rucka, circa 2000. It is a black wool-blend jacket with a black leather collar and trim, and has a zipper front with seven metal snaps. There is a turntable, “2000” patch, and embroidered “D-Rucka” on the front of the jacket. The back of the jacket features a Def Jam logo and turntable patch.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Def Jam Recordings was founded in 1983 by record producer Rick Rubin and subsequently joined by businessman Russell Simmons. The Def Jam label focused predominately on hip hop and urban music and started the recording careers of such hip hop notables LL Cool J and the Beastie Boys.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: India
topic: label: Subject
content: Hip-Hop
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Highlights from the Culture and the Arts Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0161.01
label: accession number
content: 2006.0161
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0161.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jacket
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: vinyl (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 32 in x 30 in x 3 in; 81.28 cm x 76.2 cm x 7.62 cm