About This Item

  • Call NumberJENN_0149
  • SummaryYasiin Bey (standing) and Dave Chappelle (seated) in the PAL (Police Athletic League) Quincy Day Care Center, backstage of Dave Chappelle's Block Party held in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, on September 18, 2004. Behind them is a piano and a wall of artworks with the words: Our celebration.
  • Date2004-09-18
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, JPEG, color
  • CreatorJennings, Terrence
  • CollectionTerrence Jennings photograph collection
  • Cite AsTerrence Jennings photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Formatstill image
  • Genrecolor photographs
  • NoteTitle devised by creator.
  • SubjectMos Def (Rapper) ; Chappelle, Dave ; African American musicians ; African American comedians
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Clinton Hill (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • Copyright OwnerJennings, Terrence
  • TitleRecording artist Mos Def, currently known as Yasiin Bey, and comedian Dave Chappelle backstage at the Dave Chappelle Block Party held in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Biographical NoteThese photographs were taken at Dave Chappelle's Block Party, a concert held at Quincy Street and Downing Street in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn on September 18, 2004. The complete collection includes scans of the original film negatives as well as contact sheets (approximately 684 images.)