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Masters of Ceremony: DJ Shabazz, Grand Puba Maxwell, Dr. Who, Don Barron

1985-1986

New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York, United States, North and Central America

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

A black and white photograph of the rap group Masters of Ceremony. The group is pictured standing in front of a white wall and doorway. From left to right: DJ Shabazz, Grand Puba Maxwell, Dr. Who (Tod Dixon), and Don Barron. Maxwell and Barron are in the foreground, with Shabazz and Dixon behind them. Shabazz wears a knit sweater, Maxwell wears a zipped leather jacket, with the Gucci logo repeated down the center placket and holds a matching Gucci baseball cap by his proper left pointer finger. Dixon wears a dark colored newsboy cap and a dark jacket. Barron wears a Gucci baseball cap, identical to the one held by Maxwell, along with a leather bomber jacket with a large patch on the proper left chest reading [Trooper / Classic]. All four men look directly at the camera.

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Catalog reference: 2015.132.45

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