Fab 5 Freddy: How Hip-Hop Was Born

A Note from James: In the Blondie song “Rapture,” which was the number-one song in 1981, Debbie Harry has this famous line: “Fab Five Freddy told me everybody’s fly.” So the question is—who is Fab Five Freddy? This guy is one of the central figures in the birth of hip-hop culture.