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.
Acted in 16
2010s
- 2016
- 2013
NB90s
Movie
2000s
- 2008
- 2007
- 2004
- 2002
The Freshest Kids
Movie
- 2001
Downtown '81
Graffiti Artist
1990s
- 1993
Who's the Man?
Fab 5 Freddy
- 1991
1980s
- 1986
Good to Go
Mr. Aint
- 1982
1970s
- 1978
TV Party
TV
No release date
Pusherman: Frank Lucas & The True Story of American Gangster
Movie
Produced 5
2020s
- 2023
- 2021
Hold Your Fire
Producer
2010s
- 2012
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Consulting Producer
1990s
- 1991
1980s
- 1982
Directed 1
2010s
- 2019
Wrote 1
1980s
- 1982
Sound 1
1980s
- 1982
Appearances29
2020s
- 2023
The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports
Self
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Self
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
Keith Haring: Street Art Boy
Self
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
Self
It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet
Self
2010s
- 2019
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
Self · 6 episodes
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
Self
- 2018
- 2017
Basquiat: Rage to Riches
Self
- 2015
Hustlers Convention
Self
- 2014
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
Self
- 2013
Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer
Self
- 2012
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Self
- 2011
NB80s
Narrator (voice)
Blank City
Self
- 2010
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
Self
2000s
- 2009
Downtown Calling
Self
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
Self
- 2008
- 2005
- 2004
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
Self · 5 episodes
- 2003
Tupac: Resurrection
Self (archival)
- 2002
Blondie Greatest Video Hits
Self (segment "Rapture")
1990s
- 1999
The Hip Hop Years
Self · 2 episodes
- 1992
1980s
- 1988
