Fab 5 Freddy
Born in Brooklyn, New York, USA
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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.
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Fab 5 Freddy's Credits
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Terrence 'Fulla T' Smith
Marvel's Luke Cage
Fab 5 Freddy
American Gangster
Smalls Patron
The Defiant Ones
Self
The Andy Warhol Diaries
Self
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
Self
Juice
Self
The Manchurian Candidate
Political Pundit
New Jack City
Master of Ceremonies
The Hip Hop Years
Self
Rachel Getting Married
Rehearsal Dinner Guest
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
Self
Who's the Man?
Fab 5 Freddy
Tupac: Resurrection
Self (archival)
Barry
Rameek
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
Self
TV Party
Blank City
Self
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Self
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
Self - Filmmaker / Music Journalist
She's Gotta Have It
Dog 10
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
Self
TV Party
Self
Good to Go
Mr. Aint
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
Self
Basquiat: Rage to Riches
Self
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
Self
Downtown '81
Graffiti Artist
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
Self
The Universe of Keith Haring
Self
It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet
Self
The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports
Self
Downtown Calling
Self
Grass Is Greener
Directing
NB80s
Narrator (voice)
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Self
Hustlers Convention
Self
Wild Style
"Phade"
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
Production
Picasso Baby
Self
NB90s
Hold Your Fire
Production
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Self
Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer
Self
Blondie Greatest Video Hits
Self (segment "Rapture")
Keith Haring: Street Art Boy
Self
The Freshest Kids
Pusherman: Frank Lucas & The True Story of American Gangster
A Fresh Guide to Florence with Fab 5 Freddy
Himself - Presenter