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 ...

As a young man in 1979 New York City, Fred Brathwaite dreamed of making his mark on the world or more specifically on the side of a subway car. FRED BRATHWAITE: New York graffiti was a thing that had ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. As a young man in 1979 New York City, Fred Brathwaite dreamed of making ...