Fab 5 Freddy: How Hip-Hop Was Born

Today on the James Alteger show. Interestingly, you know, the title of my book is also inspired by what Gebby Harry sung on the record Rapture when she said Fab Five Freddy told me everybody's fly and clearly not a part of the hip-hop scene. She took a piece of hip-hop and explained expanded it, kind of took the message out to mainstream America, the desire to put whatever you're making, developing, thinking about online too soon. Because it can dissipate, yeah, people get addicted to the likes and the and the thumbs ups and all that adulation, but it can be so fleeting as you know, we're bombarded with so much these days and the energy can be drained out of something.

before it really gets a chance to develop. This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host. This is the James Alteger show. Jay, do you like Blondie? Who doesn't like him?

Well, in the song Rapture, which was the number one song in 1981, first of all, it's one of my all-time favorite songs. Second, she had this great line, Fab5 Freddy told me everybody's fly. And the question is, who is Fab5 Freddy? Well, this guy... is like the godfather of all hip-hop.

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