Fab 5 Freddy

Fab 5 Freddy

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GenderMale
Place of birthBrooklyn, New York, USA
Known credits51

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.

The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports
The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports
2023 · Self
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
2023 · Executive Producer
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
2023 · Self
The Andy Warhol Diaries
The Andy Warhol Diaries
2022 · Self
Hold Your Fire
Hold Your Fire
2021 · Producer
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
2021 · Self - Filmmaker / Music Journalist
Keith Haring: Street Art Boy
Keith Haring: Street Art Boy
2020 · Self
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
2020 · Self
It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet
It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet
2020 · Self
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
2019 · Self
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
2019 · Self
A Fresh Guide to Florence with Fab 5 Freddy
2019 · Himself - Presenter
Grass Is Greener
Grass Is Greener
2019 · Director
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
2018 · Self
Basquiat: Rage to Riches
Basquiat: Rage to Riches
2017 · Self
The Defiant Ones
The Defiant Ones
2017 · Self
Marvel's Luke Cage
Marvel's Luke Cage
2016 · Fab 5 Freddy
Barry
Barry
2016 · Rameek
Hustlers Convention
Hustlers Convention
2015 · Self
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
2014 · Self
NB90s
NB90s
2013
Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer
Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer
2013 · Self
Picasso Baby
2013 · Self
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012 · Self
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012 · Consulting Producer
NB80s
NB80s
2011 · Narrator (voice)
Blank City
Blank City
2011 · Self
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
2010 · Self
Downtown Calling
Downtown Calling
2009 · Self
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
2009 · Self
Rachel Getting Married
Rachel Getting Married
2008 · Rehearsal Dinner Guest
The Universe of Keith Haring
The Universe of Keith Haring
2008 · Self
American Gangster
American Gangster
2007 · Smalls Patron
TV Party
TV Party
2005 · Self
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
2004 · Self
The Manchurian Candidate
The Manchurian Candidate
2004 · Political Pundit
Tupac: Resurrection
Tupac: Resurrection
2003 · Self (archival)
Blondie Greatest Video Hits
Blondie Greatest Video Hits
2002 · Self (segment "Rapture")
The Freshest Kids
The Freshest Kids
2002
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Terrence 'Fulla T' Smith
Downtown '81
Downtown '81
2001 · Graffiti Artist
The Hip Hop Years
The Hip Hop Years
1999 · Self
Who's the Man?
Who's the Man?
1993 · Fab 5 Freddy
Juice
Juice
1992 · Self
New Jack City
New Jack City
1991 · Master of Ceremonies
New Jack City
New Jack City
1991 · Associate Producer
Yo! MTV Raps
Yo! MTV Raps
1988 · Self
She's Gotta Have It
She's Gotta Have It
1986 · Dog 10
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