Although the average music fan might remember Fab 5 Freddy as the first face seen on YO! MTV Rap back in the golden year of 1988, his extensive resume includes working as a painter (alongside buddies Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Hering), directing rap videos (Gang Starr’s masterful “Just to Get a Rep” and KRS-One’s “My Philosophy”), producing feature films (New Jack City and Wild Style) and starring alongside Billy Dee Williams in a series of Colt 45 commercials. This year his autobiography Everybody’s Fly (Random House) will be released.

--from the CrimeReads essay Big Pimpin' https://crimereads.com/bi...rly-2000s/

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