Fab 5 Freddy

Fab 5 Freddy

  • Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
  • Also know as: Fred Brathwaite

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.

Filmography

NB80s

2011

As Narrator (voice)

NB90s

2013

As

Wild Style

1982

As "Phade"

Downtown Calling

2009

As Self

Hustlers Convention

2015

As Himself

TV Party

2005

As Self

Blondie Greatest Video Hits

2002

As Self (segment "Rapture")

Picasso Baby

2013

As Himself

Blank City

2011

As Self

Downtown '81

2001

As Graffiti Artist

Rachel Getting Married

2008

As Rehearsal Dinner Guest

New Jack City

1991

As Master of Ceremonies

She's Gotta Have It

1986

As Dog 10

Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

2021

As Self - Filmmaker / Music Journalist

Who's the Man?

1993

As Himself

Barry

2016

As Rameek

American Gangster

2007

As Smalls Patron

The Manchurian Candidate

2004

As Political Pundit

Production

Grass Is Greener

2019

As Director

Wild Style

1982

As Associate Producer

New Jack City

1991

As Associate Producer

Hold Your Fire

2021

As Producer

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV

2023

As Executive Producer

Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

2012

As Consulting Producer

Wild Style

1982

As Music

Wild Style

1982

As Original Concept

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