Black and white baseball cap with the Hot 97 logo

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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 baseball cap with the Hot 97 logo. The crown of the hat is made of white cotton and polyester twill weave. There is a metal button covered in black fabric secured at the top of the crown. The crown is pieced with six panels that are machine stitched together. Each panel has an eyelet at the center. Black thread is machine sewn around each eyelet. The Hot 97 logo is machine embroidered on the front of the hat, the text [HOT] is embroidered with black thread and the center of the "O" is filled with red thread. The number [97] is embroidered below in white thread around a black rectangle. The text [FM] is embroidered vertically in red thread to the right of the text [HOT / 97]. Below this, the text [WHERE HIP HOP LIVES] is embroidered with white thread around a red rectangle.

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