ANDY WARHOL & OLD SCHOOL HIP HOP

«Andy Warhol was a friend and a big inspiration to me. I painted a whole New York City subway car in 1980 covered in Campbells soup cans in tribute to him. Later, we became friends and he was very into what was happening with hip-hop culture back then. He also loved my movie Wild Style and used to tell me he wished he was in it, which always made me laugh! He used to give me and my friend Jean-Michel Basquiat advice back then on pop culture and the art world which was very, very helpful to me.»

-Fab 5 Freddy
Urbanonomy
June 9 2009