Fab 5 Freddy
January 1, 1970 (55 years old) in Brooklyn, New York, USA
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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Credits
- 2023 ·The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sportsas Self
- 2023 ·Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzesas Self
- 2022 ·The Andy Warhol Diariesas Self
- 2021 ·Biggie: I Got a Story to Tellas Self - Filmmaker / Music Journalist
- 2020 ·Keith Haring: Street Art Boyas Self
- 2020 ·Ricky Powell: The Individualistas Self
- 2020 ·It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internetas Self
- 2019 ·Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook Americaas Self
- 2019 ·Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicksas Self
- 2019 ·A Fresh Guide to Florence with Fab 5 Freddyas Himself - Presenter
- 2018 ·Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiatas Self
- 2017 ·Basquiat: Rage to Richesas Self
- 2017 ·The Defiant Onesas Self
- 2016 ·Marvel's Luke Cageas Fab 5 Freddy
- 2016 ·Barryas Rameek
- 2015 ·Hustlers Conventionas Self
- 2014 ·Nas: Time Is Illmaticas Self
- 2013 ·NB90sas
- 2013 ·Picasso Babyas Self
- 2013 ·Jamel Shabazz Street Photographeras Self
- 2013 ·Keith Haring: The Messageas Himself
- 2012 ·Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’as Self
- 2011 ·NB80sas Narrator (voice)
- 2011 ·Blank Cityas Self
- 2010 ·Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Childas Self
- 2009 ·Downtown Callingas Self
- 2009 ·Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGBas Self
- 2008 ·Rachel Getting Marriedas Rehearsal Dinner Guest
- 2008 ·The Universe of Keith Haringas Self
- 2007 ·American Gangsteras Smalls Patron
- 2005 ·TV Partyas Self
- 2004 ·The Manchurian Candidateas Political Pundit
- 2004 ·And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hopas Self
- 2003 ·Tupac: Resurrectionas Self (archival)
- 2002 ·Blondie Greatest Video Hitsas Self (segment "Rapture")
- 2002 ·The Freshest Kidsas
- 2001 ·Law & Order: Criminal Intentas Terrence 'Fulla T' Smith
- 2001 ·Downtown '81as Graffiti Artist
- 1999 ·The Hip Hop Yearsas Self
- 1993 ·Who's the Man?as Fab 5 Freddy
- 1992 ·Juiceas Self
- 1991 ·New Jack Cityas Master of Ceremonies
- 1988 ·Yo! MTV Rapsas Self
- 1986 ·She's Gotta Have Itas Dog 10
- 1982 ·Wild Styleas "Phade"
- 1978 ·TV Partyas