Fab 5 Freddy recalls how he brought underground art forms mainstream respect

NPR | By Adrian Ma,

Gabriel J. Sánchez, Patrick Jarenwattananon

Published March 15, 2026 at 4:58 PM EDT

NPR's Adrian Ma speaks with Fab 5 Freddy, a pioneer of graffiti art and hip-hop filmmaking, on his new memoir Everybody's Fly.

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