- Photograph by
- Mitchell, Jack, American, 1925 - 2013
- Subject of
- Public Enemy, American, founded 1982
- Date
- September 1988; printed 1990s
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 12 7/16 × 15 3/16 in. (31.6 × 38.6 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 12 15/16 × 19 1/16 in. (32.9 × 48.4 cm)
- Description
- A color digital print photograph of Public Enemy. The photograph features, from left to right, S1W, Professor Griff, Terminator X, and Chuck D. S1W are dressed in black fatigues and black berets, and stand in front of a wall with graffiti that reads: [Don't Beleeve (sic) The Hype]. Professor Griff, wearing black fatigues and a red beret, and Terminator X, wearing a Boston Celtics sweat suit, stand in front of S1W. Chuck D stands in the foreground of the photograph wearing an Oakland Raiders jacket. The back of the photograph has a Jack Mitchell stamp with the number [5875].
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- inkjet prints
- Topic
- Entertainers
- Hip-hop (Music)
- Musicians
- Photography
- Rappers (Musicians)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Jack Mitchell Archives
- Object number
- 2016.77.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Jack Mitchell, All Rights Reserved
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




