Fab 5 Freddy
Birthday
N/A
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also know as
Fred Brathwaite, Fred Braithwaite, Fab Five Freddy, Fred "Fab 5 Freddy" Brathwaite
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Fred Brathwaite (born 1959), more popularly known as Fab 5 Freddy, is an American Hip hop historian, Hip hop pioneer and former graffiti artist. He was active in New York City in the 1970s and early 1980s, and later hosted the first hip-hop music video show on TV, "Yo! MTV Raps". Description above from the Wikipedia article Fab 5 Freddy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acting
(2008) The Universe of Keith Haring
as Self
(2023) The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports
as Self
(2023) Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
as Self
(2010) Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
as Self
(2013) Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer
as Self
(2014) Nas: Time Is Illmatic
as Self
(1993) Who's the Man?
as Fab 5 Freddy
(2001) Downtown '81
as Graffiti Artist
(2012) Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
as Self
(1982) Wild Style
as "Phade"
(2013) Keith Haring: The Message
as Himself
(1992) Juice
as Self
(2007) American Gangster
as Smalls Patron
(2015) Hustlers Convention
as Self
(2002) The Freshest Kids
as ---
(2011) Blank City
as Self
(2016) Barry
as Rameek
(1991) New Jack City
as Master of Ceremonies
(2017) Basquiat: Rage to Riches
as Self
(2002) Blondie Greatest Video Hits
as Self (segment "Rapture")
(2009) Downtown Calling
as Self
(2004) And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
as Self
(2009) Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
as Self
(2005) TV Party
as Self
(2019) A Fresh Guide to Florence with Fab 5 Freddy
as Himself - Presenter
(2019) Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
as Self
(1986) She's Gotta Have It
as Dog 10
(2011) NB80s
as Narrator (voice)
(2020) Keith Haring: Street Art Boy
as Self
(2013) Picasso Baby
as Self
(2013) NB90s
as ---
(2018) Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
as Self
(2020) It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet
as Self
(2021) Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
as Self - Filmmaker / Music Journalist
(2008) Rachel Getting Married
as Rehearsal Dinner Guest
(2004) The Manchurian Candidate
as Political Pundit
(2020) Ricky Powell: The Individualist
as Self
(2003) Tupac: Resurrection
as Self (archival)
(2001) Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Terrence 'Fulla T' Smith
(2016) Marvel's Luke Cage
as Fab 5 Freddy
(2022) The Andy Warhol Diaries
as Self
(1999) The Hip Hop Years
as Self
(1988) Yo! MTV Raps
as Self
(2017) The Defiant Ones
as Self
(2019) Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
as Self
(1978) TV Party
as ---