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Photograph of Mary J. Blige with Hot 97 staff

ca.1995

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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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.

A photograph of Hot 97 staff and Mary J. Blige. Ed Lover is standing on the far left of the photo and is wearing a baseball hat with a short sleeve t shirt. Blige is standing next to Lover and is wearing sunglasses and a black leather jacket. Doctor Dré is standing to the right of Blige. He is wearing a baseball cap and a blue and white striped shirt. Lisa Glasberg is standing in front of Dré and is wearing a white long sleeved shirt with jeans. An unidentified man is standing on the far right of the photo and is wearing a baseball cap. An unidentified woman is standing in front of the unidentified man. Al Barry is kneeling on the far left of the photo, he is wearing glasses and a long black shirt.

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2020.30.3.22

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