On the heels of a new memoir sharing the recipes of a rich cultural life, rap's first tour guide talks aging with the culture ...

The graffiti artist and ‘Everybody’s Fly’ memoirist on his early art passion and friendships with Debbie Harry and ...

A new memoir by Fred Brathwaite offers an insight into the city’s emerging underground scene in the 70s and 80s – and shows us the power of subcultures in difficult times ...

Fab 5 Freddy is best known to a certain generation as the founding host of “Yo! MTV Raps,” the first mainstream show to regularly showcase hip-hop music videos. Some might be aware that he was a ...

As his new memoir demonstrates, he himself would achieve fame as a visual artist, filmmaker, TV host and formative tastemaker. By Alan Light Alan Light is the former editor in chief of Vibe and Spin ...

For any writer, journalist, or hip-hop lover, the name Fab 5 Freddy isn’t just a credit on a screen; it’s a blueprint for cultural influence. As a music journalist, I remember watching him on Yo! MTV ...

Several disciplines make up the identity of hip-hop culture. There's rapping, the literal act of rhyming over a beat. Then there's the beat itself, usually provided by a DJ or a producer. There's ...

To tell the story of Fab 5 Freddy — the ceaseless creative polymath, train-tagging graffiti misfit, renowned gallery artist, sample-inspiring rapper, charismatic TV host, global ambassador, restless ...

Fab 5 Freddy still remembers the night. It was 1979, and the winter air hung over the Bronx. He and Lee Quiñones slipped through the dark into a subway yard at Baychester Avenue, picking their way ...