Fab 5 Freddy
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
The Universe of Keith Haring
as Self
2008
The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports
as Self
2023
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
as Self
2023
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
as Self
2010
Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer
as Self
2013
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
as Self
2014
Who's the Man?
as Fab 5 Freddy
1993
Downtown '81
as Graffiti Artist
2001
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
as Self
2012
Wild Style
as "Phade"
1982
Juice
as Self
1992
American Gangster
as Smalls Patron
2007
Hustlers Convention
as Self
2015
The Freshest Kids
2002
Blank City
as Self
2011
Barry
as Rameek
2016
New Jack City
as Master of Ceremonies
1991
Basquiat: Rage to Riches
as Self
2017
Blondie Greatest Video Hits
as Self (segment "Rapture")
2002
Downtown Calling
as Self
2009
