Object Details
- Description
- A color photograph of Run-D.M.C. on the rooftop veranda of Russell Simmons's apt. on E.4th St. The trio is pictured leaning against the white railing with a view of the city behind them. Jam Master Jay, at left, wears light-colored denim pants and shirt, a heavy gold chain with a large medallion, and a red and blue New York Giants stocking cap. D.M.C., center, wears a black hat, sunglasses, and turtle neck, with a necklace with a medallion in the shape of a head. Run (Russell Simmons), to the right, wears a black sweatshirt and a blue New York Giants baseball cap. The photograph is signed by the photographer beneath the image at the bottom left corner [Ricky Powell '04]. There are no inscriptions on the back.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Photograph by
- Ricky Powell, American, 1961 - 2021
- Subject of
- Run-D.M.C., American, 1981 - 2002
- Rev. Run, American, born 1964
- Darryl Matthews McDaniels, American, born 1964
- Jam Master Jay, American, 1965 - 2002
- Russell Simmons, American, born 1957
- New York Giants, American, founded 1925
- Date
- ca. 1990; printed 2004
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Medium
- dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
- Type
- chromogenic color prints
