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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, USA

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".

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Known For

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Law & Order: Criminal Intent

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Marvel's Luke Cage

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American Gangster

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Yo! MTV Raps

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Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

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Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

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Who's the Man?

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NB80s

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The Defiant Ones

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The Andy Warhol Diaries

Acting

2023

The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports as Self

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes as Self

2022

The Andy Warhol Diaries as Self

2021

Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell as Self - Filmmaker / Music Journalist

2020

Keith Haring: Street Art Boy as Self

It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet as Self

Ricky Powell: The Individualist as Self

2019

A Fresh Guide to Florence with Fab 5 Freddy as Himself - Presenter

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks as Self

Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America as Self

2018

Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat as Self

2017

Basquiat: Rage to Riches as Self

The Defiant Ones as Self

2016

Barry as Rameek

Marvel's Luke Cage as Fab 5 Freddy

2015

Hustlers Convention as Self

2014

Nas: Time Is Illmatic as Self

2013

Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer as Self

Keith Haring: The Message as Himself

Picasso Baby as Self

2012

Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ as Self

2011

Blank City as Self

NB80s as Narrator (voice)

2010

Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child as Self

2009

Downtown Calling as Self

Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB as Self

2008

The Universe of Keith Haring as Self

Rachel Getting Married as Rehearsal Dinner Guest

2007

American Gangster as Smalls Patron

2005

TV Party as Self

2004

And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop as Self

The Manchurian Candidate as Political Pundit

2003

Tupac: Resurrection as Self (archival)

2002

The Freshest Kids

Blondie Greatest Video Hits as Self (segment "Rapture")

2001

Downtown '81 as Graffiti Artist

Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Terrence 'Fulla T' Smith

1999

The Hip Hop Years as Self

1993

Who's the Man? as Fab 5 Freddy

1992

Juice as Self

1991

New Jack City as Master of Ceremonies

1988

Yo! MTV Raps as Self

1986

She's Gotta Have It as Dog 10

1982

Wild Style as "Phade"

1978

Production

2023

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV as Executive Producer

2021

Hold Your Fire as Producer

2012

Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ as Consulting Producer

1991

New Jack City as Associate Producer

1982

Wild Style as Associate Producer

Sound

1982

Wild Style as Music

Directing

2019

Grass Is Greener as Director

Writing

1982

Wild Style as Original Concept