Fab 5 Freddy
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.
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- Born:
- In Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 28
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Wild Style 1982-08-01
- Latest Project:
- Series The Andy Warhol Diaries 2022-03-09
Known For
Filmography
| Series | The Andy Warhol Diaries | Self | 2022-03-09 |
| Movie | Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell | Self - Filmmaker / Music Journalist | 2021-03-01 |
| Movie | It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet | himself | 2020-02-13 |
| Movie | Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks | Self | 2019-08-14 |
| Movie | Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat | Self | 2018-12-19 |
| Movie | Basquiat: Rage to Riches | Self | 2017-10-07 |
| Movie | Barry | Rameek | 2016-09-10 |
| Movie | Hustlers Convention | Himself | 2015-01-01 |
| Movie | Nas: Time Is Illmatic | Self | 2014-04-04 |
| Movie | Picasso Baby | Himself | 2013-08-02 |
| Movie | NB90s | 2013-09-04 | |
| Movie | Blank City | Self | 2011-04-06 |
| Movie | NB80s | Narrator (voice) | 2011-11-30 |
| Movie | Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child | Self | 2010-01-25 |
| Movie | Downtown Calling | Self | 2009-10-24 |
| Movie | The Universe of Keith Haring | Self | 2008-04-01 |
| Movie | Rachel Getting Married | Rehearsal Dinner Guest | 2008-09-03 |
| Movie | American Gangster | Smalls Patron | 2007-11-02 |
| Movie | TV Party | Self | 2005-08-03 |
| Movie | And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop | Self | 2004-04-02 |
| Movie | The Manchurian Candidate | Political Pundit | 2004-07-30 |
| Movie | Blondie Greatest Video Hits | Self (segment "Rapture") | 2002-10-08 |
| Movie | Downtown '81 | Graffiti Artist | 2001-07-13 |
| Movie | Who's the Man? | Himself | 1993-04-23 |
| Movie | New Jack City | Master of Ceremonies | 1991-03-08 |
| Series | Yo! MTV Raps | Self | 1988-09-21 |
| Movie | She's Gotta Have It | Dog 10 | 1986-08-08 |
| Movie | Wild Style | "Phade" | 1982-08-01 |