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Fab 5 Freddy

​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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Born:
In Brooklyn, New York, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
39
First Appeared:
In the series TV Party 1978-12-18
Latest Project:
Movie The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports 2023-08-11
Known For
Poster of Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
Poster of Downtown Calling
Poster of The Universe of Keith Haring
Poster of Wild Style
Filmography
Movie The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports Self 2023-08-11
Movie Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes Self 2023-03-12
Series The Andy Warhol Diaries Self 2022-03-09
Movie Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell Self - Filmmaker / Music Journalist 2021-03-01
Movie Keith Haring: Street Art Boy Self 2020-07-04
Movie It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet himself 2020-02-13
Movie Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks Self 2019-08-14
Series Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America Self 2019-10-13
Movie Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat Self 2018-12-19
Movie Basquiat: Rage to Riches Self 2017-10-07
Movie Barry Rameek 2016-09-10
Movie Hustlers Convention Self 2015-01-01
Movie Nas: Time Is Illmatic Self 2014-04-04
Movie Keith Haring: The Message Himself 2013-04-19
Movie Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer Self 2013-08-02
Movie NB90s 2013-09-04
Movie Picasso Baby Self 2013-08-02
Movie Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ Self 2012-06-07
Movie Blank City Self 2011-04-06
Movie NB80s Narrator (voice) 2011-11-30
Movie Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child Self 2010-01-25
Movie Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB Self 2009-04-24
Movie Downtown Calling Self 2009-10-24
Movie The Universe of Keith Haring Self 2008-04-01
Movie Rachel Getting Married Rehearsal Dinner Guest 2008-09-03
Movie American Gangster Smalls Patron 2007-11-02
Movie TV Party Self 2005-08-03
Movie And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop Self 2004-04-02
Movie The Manchurian Candidate Political Pundit 2004-07-30
Movie The Freshest Kids 2002-10-01
Movie Blondie Greatest Video Hits Self (segment "Rapture") 2002-10-08
Movie Downtown '81 Graffiti Artist 2001-07-13
Movie Who's the Man? Fab 5 Freddy 1993-04-23
Movie Juice Self 1992-01-17
Movie New Jack City Master of Ceremonies 1991-03-08
Series Yo! MTV Raps Self 1988-09-21
Movie She's Gotta Have It Dog 10 1986-08-08
Movie Wild Style "Phade" 1982-08-01
Series TV Party 1978-12-18