{"product_id":"everybodys-fly-fab-5-freddy-9780593834909","title":"Everybody's Fly: A Life of Art, Music, and Changing the Culture","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn electrifying memoir from a pioneering cultural icon 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 of the last five decades, and chances are, he wasn't just there--he was making it happen. He's the graffiti artist who turned subway tags into fine art, the visionary behind the first hip-hop movie, the bridge between Jean-Michel Basquiat and the downtown punk 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 Bronx to popular culture for the first time. With a spirit of joyful creativity, he shattered racial and artistic boundaries, bridging worlds and bringing underground movements to the mainstream. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eEverybody's Fly\u003c\/i\u003e is a fast-moving, all-access pass to Fab'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 to the 1990s. He didn't just shape culture, he synthesized it--from highbrow to street, Harlem to SoHo, punk to rap, Warhol to \u003ci\u003eWild Style\u003c\/i\u003e. Whether he's skipping school to wander MoMA, painting subway cars that became moving masterpieces, or bringing hip-hop to downtown clubs for the first time, Freddy'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 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\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0593834909\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593834909\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Viking\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\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","brand":"Fab 5 Freddy","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47452873490687,"sku":"9780593834909","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_65c24ad9-badb-4bc5-90e4-e690513b4042.jpg?v=1761931001","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/everybodys-fly-fab-5-freddy-9780593834909","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}