Chromogenic print of The Last Mr. Bigg in Mobile, Alabama

Object Details

Description: A color photograph of Alabama rapper The Last Mr. Bigg.; Bigg is pictured seated, wearing a green Chicago White Sox jacket and hat, and smoking.; He has a white gauze bandage over his proper right eye, with black sunglasses on top. The green baseball cap reads [SOX] diagonally in white. He is wearing a white ribbed shirt under the green jacket. There is a red "C" on the left side of the jacket, outlined in white and then yellow. The word [SOX] is on top of the "C" in white with a yellow outline. He has a goatee and long fingernails. He is holding a cigarette in his mouth with his right hand. His left hand is making a fist and is on top of a newspaper on his lap. He is sitting in a white chair and there is some house siding and a window visible behind him.; There is an inscription on the verso, handwritten by Bill Adler, identifying the subject, location, date and photographer.

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

February 2005

Restrictions & Rights: © Gregory L. Davenport Jr.; Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

Place captured: Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

See more items in: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title: Eyejammie Hip-Hop Photography Collection
Classification: Photographs and Still Images

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic: African American; Hip-hop (Music); Musicians; Photography; Rappers (Musicians)

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