Fab 5 Freddy
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
-
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
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.
Known For
| 2023 | The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and SportsSelf | |
| 2023 | Max Roach: The Drum Also WaltzesSelf | |
| 2022 | The Andy Warhol DiariesSelf | |
| 2021 | Biggie: I Got a Story to TellSelf - Filmmaker / Music Journalist | |
| 2020 | Keith Haring: Street Art BoySelf | |
| 2020 | It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the InternetSelf | |
| 2020 | Ricky Powell: The IndividualistSelf | |
| 2019 | A Fresh Guide to Florence with Fab 5 FreddyHimself - Presenter | |
| 2019 | Iron Fists and Kung Fu KicksSelf | |
| 2019 | Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook AmericaSelf | |
| 2018 | Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel BasquiatSelf | |
| 2017 | Basquiat: Rage to RichesSelf | |
| 2017 | The Defiant OnesSelf | |
| 2016 | BarryRameek | |
| 2016 | Marvel's Luke CageFab 5 Freddy | |
| 2015 | Hustlers ConventionSelf | |
| 2014 | Nas: Time Is IllmaticSelf | |
| 2013 | Jamel Shabazz Street PhotographerSelf | |
| 2013 | Picasso BabySelf | |
| 2013 | NB90s | |
| 2012 | Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’Self | |
| 2011 | Blank CitySelf | |
| 2011 | NB80sNarrator (voice) | |
| 2010 | Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant ChildSelf | |
| 2009 | Downtown CallingSelf | |
| 2009 | Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGBSelf | |
| 2008 | The Universe of Keith HaringSelf | |
| 2008 | Rachel Getting MarriedRehearsal Dinner Guest | |
| 2007 | American GangsterSmalls Patron | |
| 2005 | TV PartySelf | |
| 2004 | And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-HopSelf | |
| 2004 | The Manchurian CandidatePolitical Pundit | |
| 2003 | Tupac: ResurrectionSelf (archival) | |
| 2002 | The Freshest Kids | |
| 2002 | Blondie Greatest Video HitsSelf (segment "Rapture") | |
| 2001 | Downtown '81Graffiti Artist | |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal IntentTerrence 'Fulla T' Smith | |
| 1999 | The Hip Hop YearsSelf | |
| 1993 | Who's the Man?Fab 5 Freddy | |
| 1992 | JuiceSelf | |
| 1991 | New Jack CityMaster of Ceremonies | |
| 1988 | Yo! MTV RapsSelf | |
| 1986 | She's Gotta Have ItDog 10 | |
| 1986 | Good to GoMr. Aint | |
| 1982 | Wild Style"Phade" | |
| 1978 | TV Party | |
| - | Pusherman: Frank Lucas & The True Story of American Gangster |
| 2023 | Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TVExecutive Producer | |
| 2021 | Hold Your FireProducer | |
| 2012 | Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’Consulting Producer | |
| 1991 | New Jack CityAssociate Producer | |
| 1982 | Wild StyleAssociate Producer |
| 2019 | Grass Is GreenerDirector |
| 1982 | Wild StyleOriginal Concept |