Boombox, used by Fab 5 Freddy
Boombox, used by Fab 5 Freddy
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- Description (Brief)
- This boombox was made by Sharp Electronics, circa 1985. It is a portable music system, model HK-9000, with its dual tape decks, detachable speakers, built-in equalizer, AM/FM radio, and 2-fader microphone mixing was one of the largest boomboxes of the era.
- This boombox was used by hip hop pioneer, visual artist, filmmaker, and cable television host, Fab 5 Freddy, (born Fred Braithwaite). He was the first host of the groundbreaking hip hop music video show, "Yo! MTV Raps," in the late 1980s. Freddy has been forever immortalized on the American New Wave group Blondie’s hit single “Rapture,” when lead singer Debbie Harry rapped, “Fab 5 Freddy told me everybody’s fly.”
- Object Name
- boom box
- radio
- music system
- date made
- ca 1985
- maker
- Sharp
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11 1/2 in x 34 in x 9 in; 29.21 cm x 86.36 cm x 22.86 cm
- ID Number
- 2006.0059.01
- accession number
- 2006.0059
- catalog number
- 2006.0059.01
- Credit Line
- Gift of Fred (Fab 5 Freddy) Brathwaite
- subject
- Hip-Hop
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- Cultural and Community Life: Entertainment
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Popular Entertainment
- Family & Social Life
- Highlights from the Culture and the Arts Collection
- Exhibition
- Places of Invention
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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