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Grandmaster Flash - musician

1984

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Black and white photograph of the music group Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five. The portrait of the hip hop group features (from left to right) Raheim (born Guy Williams), Kidd Creole (born Nathaniel Glover), Grandmaster Flash (born Joseph Saddler), Cowboy (born Robert Keith Wiggins), Scorpio (born Eddie Morris), and Melle Mel (born Melvin Glover). Each group member wears a unique costume with leather and studs accents and boots with rhinestone appliques. They stand in front of a white background with graffiti patterns visible at the bottom of the backdrop. The image is bordered in a narrow black border on a white background. Below the image at the bottom is the title, date, and signature.

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Catalog reference: 2014.152.3

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