Photograph of Busy Bee, Water Bed Kev, Starski, Ruby Dee, Master Rob and friend
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Busy Bee Starski, American, born 1962
- Kevie Kev, American
- Lovebug Starski, American, 1960 - 2018
- Master Rob, American
- Dee, Ruby, Puerto Rican, born 1960
- Unidentified Man or Men
- T-Connection, American
- Owned by
- DJ Kool Herc, Jamaican American, born 1955
- Date
- 1975
- Medium
- dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 3 3/4 × 2 7/8 in. (9.5 × 7.3 cm)
- H x W (sheet): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 in. (10.8 × 8.3 cm)
- Description
- A color Polaroid owned by DJ Kool Herc depicting Busy Bee, Water Bed Kev, Starski, Ruby Dee, Master Rob, and a friend of theirs at T-Connection, a nightclub in the Bronx. All six men are show at full-length, with one front and center, crouched low to the floor, three behind him and two in the far back, all six holding a variety of poses with hand gestures and arm and legs in the air. Five of the men are wearing black and white clothes while the sixth one in the upper left corner is wearing a white shirt and shoes with brown pants. They all wear a variety of accessories, including hats, glasses, necklaces, bracelets, multiple belts and head bands.
- Place captured
- Bronx, New York City, Bronx County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- group portraits
- instant camera photographs
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2022.73.9
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown – Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.