Acting
Fab 5 Freddy
EN cinema · 41 credits
Birthplace
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also known as Fred Brathwaite · Fred Braithwaite · Fab Five Freddy · Fred "Fab 5 Freddy" Brathwaite
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.
Known for
Filmography
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
Executive Producer
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
as Self - Filmmaker / Music Journalist
Hold Your Fire
Producer
A Fresh Guide to Florence with Fab 5 Freddy
2019
A Fresh Guide to Florence with Fab 5 Freddy
as Himself - Presenter
Grass Is Greener
Director
Barry
as Rameek
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
as Self, Consulting Producer
Blank City
as Self
NB80s
as Narrator (voice)
Rachel Getting Married
as Rehearsal Dinner Guest
American Gangster
as Smalls Patron
TV Party
as Self
The Manchurian Candidate
as Political Pundit
Tupac: Resurrection
as Self (archival)
Blondie Greatest Video Hits
as Self (segment "Rapture")
Downtown '81
as Graffiti Artist
Who's the Man?
as Fab 5 Freddy
Juice
as Self
New Jack City
as Master of Ceremonies, Associate Producer
She's Gotta Have It
as Dog 10
Good to Go
as Mr. Aint
Wild Style
as "Phade", Original Concept, Associate Producer, Original Music Composer