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
2023
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
Executive Producer
2022
The Andy Warhol Diaries
TVas Self
2021
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
as Self - Filmmaker / Music Journalist
Hold Your Fire
Producer
2019
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
as Self
A Fresh Guide to Florence with Fab 5 Freddy
as Himself - Presenter
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
2015
Hustlers Convention
as Self
2014
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
as Self
2013
2012
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Consulting Producer
2011
Blank City
as Self
NB80s
as Narrator (voice)
2010
2009
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
2005
TV Party
as Self
2004
The Manchurian Candidate
as Political Pundit
2003
Tupac: Resurrection
as Self (archival)
2002
Blondie Greatest Video Hits
as Self (segment "Rapture")
2001
Downtown '81
as Graffiti Artist
1999
The Hip Hop Years
TVas Self
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
Good to Go
as Mr. Aint
1982
1978