{"product_id":"everybodys-fly-a-life-of-art-music-and-changing-the-culture-fab-5-freddy-hardcover","title":"Everybody's Fly: A Life of Art, Music, and Changing the Culture -- Fab 5 Freddy, Hardcover","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn electrifying memoir from the pioneering cultural icon \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e called \"the coolest person in New York,\" whose fearless creativity reshaped the worlds of art, music, and style\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFab 5 Freddy doesn't just have a great story--he \u003ci\u003eis \u003c\/i\u003ethe story. Name a seismic cultural shift, and chances are, he wasn't just there--he was helping to make it happen. He's among the first graffiti artists to turn subway tags into fine art, the visionary behind the first hip-hop movie, the bridge between Jean-Michel Basquiat and the downtown new wave scene, the first person to take rap global on MTV, and the opening rhyme of Blondie's number-one smash hit \"Rapture\"--\"\u003ci\u003eFab 5 Freddy told me everybody's fly\"--\u003c\/i\u003ethe song that propelled hip-hop from the New York streets to mainstream culture. With a spirit of joyful creativity and a deep capacity for connecting with kindred spirits (Basquiat, Haring, Lee, Flash, Warhol, and the Clash, to name a few), he shattered racial and artistic boundaries, bridging worlds and raising underground movements to pop culture dominance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eEverybody's Fly\u003c\/i\u003e is a fast-moving, all-access pass to Fred's extraordinary life--one that begins in a book- and jazz-filled Brooklyn home and takes us deep into New York's creative explosions from the 1970s into the 1990s. He didn't just shape culture, he synthesized it--from highbrow to street, the Bronx to the East Village, punk to rap, Warhol to \u003ci\u003eWild Style\u003c\/i\u003e. Whether he's skipping school to wander New York City's museums, painting subway cars that became moving masterpieces, or bringing hip-hop to downtown clubs for the first time, Fred's genius has always been in seeing what others couldn't--until he made them see it too. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVibrant, rhapsodic, and compulsively readable, \u003ci\u003eEverybody's Fly\u003c\/i\u003e is at once an intimate memoir and panoramic cultural history. It is a love letter to the art of seeing, a fascinating account of an inimitable creative life, and a celebration of what it means to shape culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fab 5 Freddy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Viking\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593834909\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFred Brathwaite\u003c\/b\u003e, also known as \u003cb\u003eFab 5 Freddy\u003c\/b\u003e, is a pioneering graffiti artist who became one of the first to exhibit his paintings internationally. He co-produced, starred in, and composed the music for the cult classic film \u003ci\u003eWild Style, \u003c\/i\u003edirected music videos for numerous hip-hop stars, including Snoop Dogg, Nas, and Queen Latifah, and was the original host of \u003ci\u003eYo! MTV Raps.\u003c\/i\u003e Brathwaite lives in Harlem, where he continues to make visual art, produces and directs projects for film and television, and leads the social equity cannabis brand he co-founded, B Noble. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Rozzo \u003c\/b\u003eis a contributing editor at \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of \u003ci\u003eEverybody Thought We Were Crazy: Dennis Hopper, Brooke Hayward, and 1960s Los Angeles\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Fab 5 Freddy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48527719694564,"sku":"9780593834909","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780593834909.jpg?v=1777314927","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/everybodys-fly-a-life-of-art-music-and-changing-the-culture-fab-5-freddy-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}