{"product_id":"everybodys-fly-a-life-of-art-music-and-changing-the-culture-by-fab-5-freddy","title":"Everybody's Fly: A Life of Art, Music, and Changing the Culture by Fab 5 Freddy","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"doPublisherSearch\" href=\"https:\/\/ipage.ingramcontent.com\/ipage\/productdetail?queryString=H4sIAAAAAAAA_6tWKk5RskpLzClO1VEqzs9XsiopKgUyC0qUrJSc8vOzlYDs4iolKyNTICMHKOjp5-6rBFILZLv4-rmA2AVKVtHRhjpKQLZ3amV5flFKfEhmSU4qkO9allpUmZSfUqlerOCWU6kUG1sLAO-OZ1N0AAAA\u0026amp;R=87953480\u0026amp;dNo=0#\"\u003eViking\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn electrifying memoir from the pioneering cultural icon\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecalled \"the coolest person in New York,\" whose fearless creativity reshaped the worlds of art, music, and style\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFab 5 Freddy doesn't just have a great story--he \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eis\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\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\"--\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFab 5 Freddy told me everybody's fly\"--\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEverybody's Fly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWild Style\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVibrant, rhapsodic, and compulsively readable, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEverybody's Fly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dotters Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53598434885925,"sku":"9780593834909","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2167\/5269\/files\/9780593834909.gif?v=1786814832","url":"https:\/\/dottersbooks.com\/products\/everybodys-fly-a-life-of-art-music-and-changing-the-culture-by-fab-5-freddy","provider":"Dotters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}