Fab 5 Freddy
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 31, 1959
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
Pusherman: Frank Lucas & The True Story of American Gangster TBA
Actor
The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports 2023
as Self
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV 2023
Executive Producer
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes 2023
as Self
Hold Your Fire 2021
Producer
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell 2021
as Self - Filmmaker / Music Journalist
Keith Haring: Street Art Boy 2020
as Self
Ricky Powell: The Individualist 2020
as Self
It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet 2020
as Self
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks 2019
as Self
- A Fresh Guide to Florence with Fab 5 Freddy
A Fresh Guide to Florence with Fab 5 Freddy 2019
as Himself - Presenter
Grass Is Greener 2019
Director
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat 2018
as Self
Basquiat: Rage to Riches 2017
as Self
Barry 2016
as Rameek
Hustlers Convention 2015
as Self
Nas: Time Is Illmatic 2014
as Self
NB90s 2013
Actor
- Picasso Baby
Picasso Baby 2013
as Self
Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer 2013
as Self
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ 2012
as Self, Consulting Producer
NB80s 2011
as Narrator (voice)
Blank City 2011
as Self
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child 2010
as Self
Downtown Calling 2009
as Self
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB 2009
as Self
Rachel Getting Married 2008
as Rehearsal Dinner Guest
The Universe of Keith Haring 2008
as Self
American Gangster 2007
as Smalls Patron
TV Party 2005
as Self
The Manchurian Candidate 2004
as Political Pundit
Tupac: Resurrection 2003
as Self (archival)
Blondie Greatest Video Hits 2002
as Self (segment "Rapture")
The Freshest Kids 2002
Actor
Downtown '81 2001
as Graffiti Artist
Who's the Man? 1993
as Fab 5 Freddy
Juice 1992
as Self
New Jack City 1991
as Master of Ceremonies, Associate Producer
She's Gotta Have It 1986
as Dog 10
Good to Go 1986
as Mr. Aint
Wild Style 1982
as "Phade", Original Concept, Associate Producer, Original Music Composer
Credits from TMDB.