Fab 5 Freddy

Personal Info

Birthday

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Also Known As

Fred Brathwaite

Fred Braithwaite

Fab Five Freddy

Fred "Fab 5 Freddy" Brathwaite

Fab 5 Freddy

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

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Marvel's Luke Cage

American Gangster

New Jack City

The Manchurian Candidate

Rachel Getting Married

She's Gotta Have It

Barry

Filmography

2023
The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports
as Self
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
as Self
2021
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
as Self - Filmmaker / Music Journalist
2020
Keith Haring: Street Art Boy
as Self
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
as Self
It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet
as Self
2019
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
as Self
A Fresh Guide to Florence with Fab 5 Freddy
as Himself - Presenter
2018
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
as Self
2017
Basquiat: Rage to Riches
as Self
2016
Barry
as Rameek
2015
Hustlers Convention
as Self
2014
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
as Self
2013
Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer
as Self
Picasso Baby
as Self
Keith Haring: The Message
as Himself
2012
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
as Self
2011
NB80s
as Narrator (voice)
Blank City
as Self
2010
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
as Self
2009
Downtown Calling
as Self
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
as Self
2008
Rachel Getting Married
as Rehearsal Dinner Guest
The Universe of Keith Haring
as Self
2007
American Gangster
as Smalls Patron
2005
TV Party
as Self
2004
The Manchurian Candidate
as Political Pundit
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
as Self
2003
Tupac: Resurrection
as Self (archival)
2002
Blondie Greatest Video Hits
as Self (segment "Rapture")
2001
Downtown '81
as Graffiti Artist
1993
Who's the Man?
as Fab 5 Freddy
1992
Juice
as Self
1991
New Jack City
as Master of Ceremonies
1986
She's Gotta Have It
as Dog 10
1982
Wild Style
as "Phade"