Recent Fab 5 Freddy interview with Urbanatomy Magazine in Shanghai, via

One time in the early 80s when we were beginning to become well-known we went to a big 4th of July party at a popular night-club called AREA. Jean had a bunch of firecrackers in his pocket that I’m sure were made here in China. When we walked into the club we lit two packs and through them on the floor and people got very scared because they thought it was gunfire. The owners of the club were very mad and they had the bouncers escort us out of the club! Madonna, who we went to the club to hang out with, heard what happened and came outside with us and told the club owner she would never come back if they didn’t let us both back in. They did!

WHAT ARE THE TOP FIVE PROJECTS THAT YOU’VE WORKED ON THROUGHOUT YOUR ENTIRE ARTISTIC AND MUSICAL CAREER?

1. Making the movie Wild Style.
2. Hosting Yo! MTV Raps.
3. My first art show in Rome, Italy.
4. Painting the Warhol tribute Soup Can Train.
5. Producing a documentary on Bob Marley directed by Jonathan Demme [coming out in 2010].