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My mind was blown and the show last night in Las Vegas was truly, INCREDIBLE!!!! I’m honored to be on the team helping this most important event where key players, game changers and critical voices of the movement at the foundation of Hip Hop culture get their 🌺🌸🌹🌷🌼💐FLOWERS!!! 25 Oct 2026 I didn’t know audiobooks are a Grammy category but I do now! I did the read and also added some additional flavor and several interviews with people close to my journey. If you are or anyone you know is a Grammy voter, please consider my memoir, “Everybody’s Fly” ! 20 Oct 2026 Game recognizes game. And she’s still as dope as ever! @madonna 01 Oct 2026 Big fun taking part in long time friend @Madonna returning to MTV as it was also my return as well! Amazing to see her drive and focus back at the top of pop culture. Also cool of her to mention many of our friends, some here and some gone as “Dancateria” was a hot spot we all hung out at and partied hard. All of this is literally like a page from my book, “Everybody’s Fly”. Truly a life imitating art imitating life moment. 28 Sep 2026 Fab 5 Freddy told us everybody is fly, & changed history ⁠ along with the culture that shaped who he is.⁠ ⁠ Growing up in a household that sat at the forefront of cannabis,⁠ revolutionary change, & the New York jazz scene primed Freddy⁠ to blaze his trail in the world of entertainment & become an advocate for social equity.⁠ ⁠ With a passion that led to the creation of Blondie's #1 album "Rapture" in 1981, and to 2019's documentary "Grass Is Greener," which focused on black culture & cannabis, Fab 5 Freddy has shown through multiple decades what it truly means to elevate the culture & people around him.⁠ ⁠ Read more at the link in the bio 27 Aug 2026 BRICK PORTRAITS | 008 FAB 5 FREDDY From Brooklyn’s graffiti scene to galleries, film and television, Fab 5 Freddy became one of the key figures connecting hip hop with the wider world. Born Fred Brathwaite, he emerged from New York’s creative underground in the late 1970s, moving between graffiti, music and the Downtown art scene. His ability to connect different worlds helped bring street culture into galleries and introduced hip hop to new audiences. In 1981, Debbie Harry name-dropped him in Blondie’s “Rapture”, while his involvement in Wild Style placed him at the heart of one of the most important films documenting early hip hop culture. In 1988, he became the host of Yo! MTV Raps, bringing artists, music and hip hop culture into millions of homes around the world. More than a writer or television personality, Fab 5 Freddy became a cultural bridge between graffiti, hip hop, art and mainstream culture. All rights to the photographs belong to their respective photographers, credited directly on the images. / BRICK PORTRAITS | 008 FAB 5 FREDDY Von Brooklyns Graffiti-Szene über Galerien bis hin zu Film und Fernsehen wurde Fab 5 Freddy zu einer der Schlüsselfiguren, die Hip-Hop mit der größeren kulturellen Welt verbanden. Fred Brathwaite, besser bekannt als Fab 5 Freddy, wurde Ende der 1970er Jahre Teil des kreativen Undergrounds von New York und bewegte sich zwischen Graffiti, Musik und der Downtown-Kunstszene. Seine Fähigkeit, unterschiedliche Welten miteinander zu verbinden, half dabei, Street Culture in Galerien zu bringen und Hip-Hop einem neuen Publikum näherzubringen. 1981 wurde er von Debbie Harry in Blondies „Rapture“ erwähnt. Seine Beteiligung an Wild Style brachte ihn außerdem ins Zentrum eines der wichtigsten Filme über die frühe Hip-Hop-Kultur. 1988 wurde er Moderator von Yo! MTV Raps und brachte Künstler, Musik und Hip-Hop-Kultur in Millionen von Haushalten weltweit. Fab 5 Freddy war mehr als nur Writer oder TV-Persönlichkeit. Er wurde zu einer kulturellen Brücke zwischen Graffiti, Hip-Hop, Kunst und Mainstream-Kultur. #fab5freddy #hiphop #graffiti #80s #mtv 22 Aug 2026 Blondie’s “Rapture” mashed up with Madonna’s new smash, “Danceteria”. This is definitely a surreal sign of the times and a blessing to be shouted out in both songs! Literally like pages from my memoir, “Everybody’s Fly”. Nice one @robbie.reddy on the visual /audio mix. 18 Jul 2026 👑3yrs ago today The National Hip-Hop Museum went to Brooklyn for the 40th Anniversary of Hip-Hop's 1st Movie WILD Style. 📽Full Mini Doc on our Youtube Page featuring @fab5freddy @grandmastercaz07 @jayquan.hiphop.historian @twincharlie @therealgrandwizzardtheodore @djkeviekevrockwell @princewhipper @waterbedkeviekev @rodneycmakinhistory @chiefrocker_busyb #patiastor #crazylegs 📜Founder @djboom_lv 🎤Executive Director @mastergeesugarhill 💪🏾Executive VP @djquicksilva 🎙Historian @jayquan.hiphop.historian 🎧Music Director @dj_rbi 📽Director @wvision.co and @nicklight01 🖼Resident Artist @sceneism7art 🧢Fashion Director @trueheadzclothing 🎂Fabricators @espazino @alwowcreations 🏅Fabricator @buckeydavis 🎨Chief Curator @anotherredsummer 💻Digital Director @iamclbonline 🎭Ambassadors @hiphoptrooper @theblingkingz 🎨Creative Director @ajkatzart 🎁Retail Director @ericaparm 🎥Videographer @birthofhiphop 🚘Transportation Director @mnmmmark 🎼Archival & Talent Director @geechiedanofficial 11 Jul 2026 Thank you so very much The Barnes Foundation @barnesfoundation for hosting this educational evening of true American Literature✨🙏🏿✨ I had the extreme pleasure to attend a time-traveling book reading and conversation between “The Coolest Cat on the Planet”, the author, the amazing story teller, Fab 5 Freddy @fab5freddy share thoughts with the insightful-powerhouse and gracious moderator Māori Holmes @maorikarmael of the vastly popular BlackStar Project @blackstarfest as they talked about the book “Everybody’s Fly” The extraordinary memoir written by and about Fab 5 Freddy’s spectacular young pioneering life, of the most productive cultural movement of the earth shattering 1970’s, 1980’s and 1990’s. That is still ascending around the planet!!!✨ My humble opinion is, this book need to be required high school and college reading. Especially art colleges. As an artist that was passing through the scene’s of this era, the story’s as told by Fab 5 Freddy has still maintained it’s illustrious frequency✨ I purchased the hard copy and the audio book read by “Fab”. I deeply recommend you purchase and listen to this historic period, that is narrated like no one else can deliver✨💪🏾✨ Thank You so very much “Fab” for remembering, writting and gifting us with this American Classic✨👑✨ This book is sooooo inspiring✨ Endless Blessing💫 28 Jun 2026 Yo! MTV Raps and @fab5freddy covered the culture in real-time. We all have moments we can never forget… Part 2 of Fab 5 Freddy on the Questlove Show out now, with full video of both parts. Animation by @nickpolowy 17 Jun 2026 The second half of Fab 5 Freddy’s in-studio conversation with Questlove explores the enduring legacy of Wild Style and revisits key moments from Yo! MTV Raps. @fab5freddy shines a light on the unsung heroes of the graffiti movement and reveals how a botched audio recording shaped one of his film’s most iconic sequences. The conversation also traces his role in bringing N.W.A to television, directing a classic video for Snoop Dogg, and helping develop a groundbreaking Chicago Rap group as an executive. Along the way, he reflects on the legacies of Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring, and discusses building a modern-day renaissance through art and cannabis advocacy. Full video also available now at our channel in bio. 15 Jun 2026 This Gang Starr video I directed in the early 90’s, “Just To Get a Rep” was one of my favorites and something I knew well. Growing up in Bed Stuy I knew what time it was and I also knew some of the most notorious who got down like this. When I heard the song I was all in as Guru & @djpremier knew I was the one to bring this song to life. I’m glad this hustle died down and is not what it was back then because many lost their lives senselessly and the stick up kids ended up catching “football numbers” = double digit prison sentences for wanting $$$ and a Rep! 12 Jun 2026

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