Scope and content
Promotional cards in sizes varying from 2" x 3.5" to 5.5" x 8.5", as well as a few stickers. The cards are advertising hip hop events, album releases, tributes for fallen artists, and stores on the West Coast in the late 1900s and early 2000s. Legends such as Mos Def, Questlove, and Ice T are represented as well as newer artists such as Young Bo, dubbed "LA's B-Boy". Included in the set is a card for an Erykah Badu ("First Lady of Neo-Soul") show at the Greek Theatre, a 1999 performance of The Black Eyed Peas at the Boogie Lounge, and promotional postcards for the VH1 Hip Hop Honors event acknowledging the efforts of Afrika Bambaataa, Beastie Boys, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Mc Lyte, Rakim, Russell Simons, and Wu-Tang Clan.
Dates
- 1990s-2000s.
Language of Material
In English.
Extent
107 items. (107 items.)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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