Fab 5 Freddy - Everybody's Fly
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30,00€
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“Fab 5 Freddy told me everybody’s fly” (originally lyrics from Blondie’s song “Rapture”) takes us into the life of Fred Brathwaite, aka Fab 5 Freddy, one of the iconic figures of the New York cultural scene since the 1970s. Fab 5 Freddy is considered as a major player in many different art projects related to graffiti and hip-hop such as the film Wild Style, Yo! MTV Raps show to name a few. He was the first graffiti artist together with Lee Quinones to be exhibited in Europe.
Fab 5 Freddy will forever be considered pivotal to the linking of New York’s nascent downtown art, punk rock, graffiti and hip hop scenes.
Everybody’s Fly 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 Wild Style. 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.
Text(s) in English by Fab 5 Freddy & Mark Rozzo
Published by Penguin Random House in 2026
Edited by Mark Rozzo
336 pages
15.2 x 22.9cm
ISBN 9780593834909
