6.7Acting
Fab 5 Freddy
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
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
Filmography
51 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
2023 · Movie
Self
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
2023 · Movie
Executive Producer
The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports
2023 · Movie
Self
The Andy Warhol Diaries
2022 · TV Show
Self
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
2021 · Movie
Self - Filmmaker / Music Journalist
Hold Your Fire
2021 · Movie
Producer
It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet
2020 · Movie
Self
Keith Haring: Street Art Boy
2020 · Movie
Self
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
2020 · Movie
Self
A Fresh Guide to Florence with Fab 5 Freddy
2019 · Movie
Himself - Presenter
Grass Is Greener
2019 · Movie
Director
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
2019 · TV Show
Self
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
2019 · Movie
Self
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
2018 · Movie
Self
Basquiat: Rage to Riches
2017 · Movie
Self
The Defiant Ones
2017 · TV Show
Self
Barry
2016 · Movie
Rameek
Marvel's Luke Cage
2016 · TV Show
Fab 5 Freddy
Hustlers Convention
2015 · Movie
Self
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
2014 · Movie
Self
Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer
2013 · Movie
Self
NB90s
2013 · Movie
Cast
Picasso Baby
2013 · Movie
Self
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012 · Movie
Self · Consulting Producer
Blank City
2011 · Movie
Self
NB80s
2011 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
2010 · Movie
Self
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
2009 · Movie
Self
Downtown Calling
2009 · Movie
Self
Rachel Getting Married
2008 · Movie
Rehearsal Dinner Guest
The Universe of Keith Haring
2008 · Movie
Self
American Gangster
2007 · Movie
Smalls Patron
TV Party
2005 · Movie
Self
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
2004 · TV Show
Self
The Manchurian Candidate
2004 · Movie
Political Pundit
Tupac: Resurrection
2003 · Movie
Self (archival)
Blondie Greatest Video Hits
2002 · Movie
Self (segment "Rapture")
The Freshest Kids
2002 · Movie
Cast
Downtown '81
2001 · Movie
Graffiti Artist
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · TV Show
Terrence 'Fulla T' Smith
The Hip Hop Years
1999 · TV Show
Self
Who's the Man?
1993 · Movie
Fab 5 Freddy
Juice
1992 · Movie
Self
New Jack City
1991 · Movie
Master of Ceremonies · Associate Producer
Yo! MTV Raps
1988 · TV Show
Self
Good to Go
1986 · Movie
Mr. Aint
She's Gotta Have It
1986 · Movie
Dog 10
Loose Talk
1983 · TV Show
Cast
Wild Style
1982 · Movie
"Phade" · Original Concept · Associate Producer · Original Music Composer
TV Party
1978 · TV Show
Cast
Pusherman: Frank Lucas & The True Story of American Gangster
Date unknown · Movie
Cast