Fab 5 Freddy

Known for: Acting

From: 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 (48)

MOVIE
The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports
2023
as Self
MOVIE
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
2023
as Self
TV★ 6.7
The Andy Warhol Diaries
2022
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.1
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
2021
as Self - Filmmaker / Music Journalist
MOVIE★ 7.5
Keith Haring: Street Art Boy
2020
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.8
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
2020
as Self
MOVIE★ 2.0
It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet
2020
as Self
TV★ 8.0
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
2019
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.8
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
2019
as Self
MOVIE
A Fresh Guide to Florence with Fab 5 Freddy
2019
as Himself - Presenter
MOVIE★ 6.9
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
2018
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.8
Basquiat: Rage to Riches
2017
as Self
TV★ 7.8
The Defiant Ones
2017
as Self
TV★ 6.9
Marvel's Luke Cage
2016
as Fab 5 Freddy
MOVIE★ 5.7
Barry
2016
as Rameek
MOVIE★ 5.7
Hustlers Convention
2015
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
2014
as Self
MOVIE
NB90s
2013
MOVIE★ 6.4
Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer
2013
as Self
MOVIE★ 9.0
Picasso Baby
2013
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.0
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012
as Self
MOVIE
NB80s
2011
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.1
Blank City
2011
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.3
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
2010
as Self
MOVIE
Downtown Calling
2009
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
2009
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.3
Rachel Getting Married
2008
as Rehearsal Dinner Guest
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Universe of Keith Haring
2008
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.6
American Gangster
2007
as Smalls Patron
MOVIE★ 8.0
TV Party
2005
as Self
TV
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
2004
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Manchurian Candidate
2004
as Political Pundit
MOVIE★ 4.8
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
2004
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.9
Tupac: Resurrection
2003
as Self (archival)
MOVIE★ 9.0
Blondie Greatest Video Hits
2002
as Self (segment "Rapture")
MOVIE★ 7.9
The Freshest Kids
2002
TV★ 7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Terrence 'Fulla T' Smith
MOVIE★ 6.7
Downtown '81
2001
as Graffiti Artist
TV★ 7.0
The Hip Hop Years
1999
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.3
Who's the Man?
1993
as Fab 5 Freddy
MOVIE★ 7.2
Juice
1992
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.7
New Jack City
1991
as Master of Ceremonies
TV★ 7.5
Yo! MTV Raps
1988
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.6
She's Gotta Have It
1986
as Dog 10
MOVIE★ 6.5
Good to Go
1986
as Mr. Aint
MOVIE★ 6.1
Wild Style
1982
as "Phade"
TV
TV Party
1978
MOVIE★ 7.0
Pusherman: Frank Lucas & The True Story of American Gangster
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