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FOR USE WITH AFP STORY by Virginia MONTET, USA-music-theatre-history A jacket and hat worn by performer LL Cool J is on display at the Smithsonian's African American History and Culture exhibit "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing: How the Apollo Theater Shaped American Entertainment " on April 21, 2010 at the Smithsonian Museum of American History of Washington, DC. The exhibit opens to the pubic through August 29. The exhibit is also scheduled to go to Detroit and New York. AFP PHOTO/TIM SLOAN (Photo credit should read TIM SLOAN/AFP via Getty Images)