The Original Roxanne/ The Real Roxanne
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The Real Roxanne
Datec.1984
Mediumpaper (fiber product)
DimensionsOverall (HW): 10 1/16 × 8 1/2 in. (25.559 × 21.59 cm)
Credit LineMoPOP permanent collection
Object number1999.733.10
Text EntriesThe Real Roxanne (Adelaida Martinez, b. 1967) is a female Hip-Hop artist from Brooklyn, New York. In the 1980s she along with Roxanne Shante, and many others were engaged in the Roxanne Wars, which was a series of answer records inspired by UTFO's hit song "Roxanne, Roxanne." In 1986, she scored her biggest by working with Howie Tee on the single "Bang Zoom (Let's Go-Go)," which reached No. 11 in the UK Singles Chart.
Black and white head shot of woman wearimh a leather hat and jacket.
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The Real Roxanne
Date: 1985
Medium: ink; paper (fiber product)
Object number: 1999.733.165
The Real Roxanne
Date: 1985
Medium: ink; paper (fiber product)
Object number: 1999.733.183
The Real Roxanne
Date: 1985
Medium: ink; paper (fiber product)
Object number: 1999.733.217
The Real Roxanne
Date: c. 1980
Medium: ink; paper (fiber product)
Object number: 1999.733.264
Roxanne Shantè
Date: 1984-1985
Medium: ink, paper (fiber product)
Object number: 1999.733.35
Roxanne Shantè
Date: 1985
Medium: ink; paper (fiber product)
Object number: 1999.733.20
Roxanne Shantè
Date: 1986
Medium: ink; paper (fiber product)
Object number: 1999.733.68
Roxanne Shantè
Date: 1985
Medium: ink; paper (fiber product)
Object number: 1999.733.224
UTFO
Date: 1984
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 1999.197.7.A,.B
Dr. Shock
Date: c. 1980
Medium: ink; paper (fiber product)
Object number: 1999.733.28
UTFO
Date: 1980
Medium: ink; paper (fiber product)
Object number: 1999.733.46
DJ Cherokee
Date: 1985
Medium: ink; paper (fiber product)
Object number: 1999.733.82
