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

Yo! MTV Raps

Rachel Getting Married

The Defiant Ones

The Manchurian Candidate

New Jack City

All Movies (39)

• The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports2023 · as Self
• Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes2023 · as Self
• Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell2021 · as Self - Filmmaker / Music Journalist
• Keith Haring: Street Art Boy2020 · as Self
• Ricky Powell: The Individualist2020 · as Self
• It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet2020 · as Self
• Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks2019 · as Self
• A Fresh Guide to Florence with Fab 5 Freddy2019 · as Himself - Presenter
• Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat2018 · as Self
• Basquiat: Rage to Riches2017 · as Self
• Barry2016 · as Rameek
• Hustlers Convention2015 · as Self
• Nas: Time Is Illmatic2014 · as Self
• NB90s2013
• Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer2013 · as Self
• Picasso Baby2013 · as Self
• Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’2012 · as Self
• NB80s2011 · as Narrator (voice)
• Blank City2011 · as Self
• Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child2010 · as Self
• Downtown Calling2009 · as Self
• Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB2009 · as Self
• Rachel Getting Married2008 · as Rehearsal Dinner Guest
• The Universe of Keith Haring2008 · as Self
• American Gangster2007 · as Smalls Patron
• TV Party2005 · as Self
• The Manchurian Candidate2004 · as Political Pundit
• And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop2004 · as Self
• Tupac: Resurrection2003 · as Self (archival)
• Blondie Greatest Video Hits2002 · as Self (segment "Rapture")
• The Freshest Kids2002
• Downtown '812001 · as Graffiti Artist
• Who's the Man?1993 · as Fab 5 Freddy
• Juice1992 · as Self
• New Jack City1991 · as Master of Ceremonies
• She's Gotta Have It1986 · as Dog 10
• Good to Go1986 · as Mr. Aint
• Wild Style1982 · as "Phade"
• Pusherman: Frank Lucas & The True Story of American Gangster—

All TV Shows (9)

• The Andy Warhol Diaries2022 · as Self
• Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America2019 · as Self
• The Defiant Ones2017 · as Self
• Marvel's Luke Cage2016 · as Fab 5 Freddy
• And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop2004 · as Self
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as Terrence 'Fulla T' Smith
• The Hip Hop Years1999 · as Self
• Yo! MTV Raps1988 · as Self
• TV Party1978