Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Grandmaster Flash scratch mixed the lyrics "Fab 5 Freddy told me everybody's fly" from "Rapture" on his single "The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel" and also included the track on his DJ mix album Essential Mix: Classic Edition (2002), editing out all the rap parts. [citation needed]
The version of the song that appears on Side B is considerably shorter than the A-side track, clocking in at 3:42. Aside from the chorus, which, like the Side A, was performed by Fab Five Freddy through the vocoder, the lead vocals are performed by rapper Beside and rapped entirely in French, making this single one of the first multilingual hip-hop releases.
In the late 1970s, Freddy became a member of the Brooklyn-based graffiti group the Fabulous 5, known for painting the entire side of New York City Subway cars. Along with other Fabulous 5 member Lee Quiñones, under his direction they began to shift from street graffiti to transition into the art world and in 1979 they both exhibited in a prestigious gallery in Rome, Italy, Galleria LaMedusa.
Fab Five Freddy (Fred Brathwaite) approached Ahearn about making a film focusing on what would become known as hip-hop culture and they began working together in late 1981. The idea was a hybrid of narrative musical and documentary, having hip-hop pioneers play themselves in a loosely scripted story shot entirely in the South Bronx , the Lower ...
The album was produced by Charlie Ahearn and Chris Stein with Fab 5 Freddy, who served as musical director of the project. It featured appearances from Busy Bee , Cold Crush Brothers , DJ Charlie Chase , Grandmaster Caz , Grand Mixer DXT , Grand Wizzard Theodore & the Fantastic Five , Double Trouble (Rodney Cee & Kevie Kev Rockwell of Funky 4 ...
The Fab Five are heading to Sin City for season 9, premiering December on Netflix. “Queer Eye” drops first look at new Fab Five with Jeremiah Brent, sets season 9 premiere Skip to main content
Karamo Brown recently opened up about the group dynamic of the Fab Five, the stars of Netflix's 'Queer Eye' reboot.
Murder Was the Case is a 1994 short film and soundtrack album starring and performed by Snoop Doggy Dogg.The 18 minute film was directed by Dr. Dre and Fab Five Freddy and chronicles the fictional death of Snoop Dogg and his resurrection after making a deal with the Devil.