Fab 5 Freddy
ActingBrooklyn, New York, USA
Biography
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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".
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Known For
Acting History
2022
The Andy Warhol Diaries
TVas Self
2020
2019
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
as Self
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
TVas Self• 6 eps
Grass Is Greener
Director
2017
Basquiat: Rage to Riches
as Self
The Defiant Ones
TVas Self
2016
Barry
as Rameek
Marvel's Luke Cage
TVas Fab 5 Freddy• 1 eps
2014
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
as Self
2013
2011
Blank City
as Self
NB80s
as Narrator (voice)
2010
2008
The Universe of Keith Haring
as Self
Rachel Getting Married
as Rehearsal Dinner Guest
2007
American Gangster
as Smalls Patron
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TVas Terrence 'Fulla T' Smith• 1 eps
2004
The Manchurian Candidate
as Political Pundit
2003
Tupac: Resurrection
as Self (archival)
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
New Jack City
Associate Producer
1988
Yo! MTV Raps
TVas Self• 50 eps
1986
She's Gotta Have It
as Dog 10
1982