Fab 5 Freddy

Acting

Fab 5 Freddy

Brooklyn, New York, USA49 credits

​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

The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports

The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports

Movie

2023

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
6.9

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV

Movie

2023

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

Movie

2023

The Andy Warhol Diaries
6.7

The Andy Warhol Diaries

TV

2022

Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
7.2

Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

Movie

2021

Keith Haring: Street Art Boy
7.5

Keith Haring: Street Art Boy

Movie

2020

Filmography

The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports
2023The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sportsas SelfMovie
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
2023Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TVExecutive ProducerMovie
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
2023Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzesas SelfMovie
The Andy Warhol Diaries
2022The Andy Warhol Diariesas SelfTV
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
2021Biggie: I Got a Story to Tellas Self - Filmmaker / Music JournalistMovie
Keith Haring: Street Art Boy
2020Keith Haring: Street Art Boyas SelfMovie
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
2020Ricky Powell: The Individualistas SelfMovie
It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet
2020It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internetas SelfMovie
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
2019Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook Americaas SelfTV
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
2019Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicksas SelfMovie
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2019A Fresh Guide to Florence with Fab 5 Freddyas Himself - PresenterMovie
Grass Is Greener
2019Grass Is GreenerDirectorMovie
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
2018Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiatas SelfMovie
Basquiat: Rage to Riches
2017Basquiat: Rage to Richesas SelfMovie
The Defiant Ones
2017The Defiant Onesas SelfTV
Marvel's Luke Cage
2016Marvel's Luke Cageas Fab 5 FreddyTV
Barry
2016Barryas RameekMovie
Hustlers Convention
2015Hustlers Conventionas SelfMovie
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
2014Nas: Time Is Illmaticas SelfMovie
NB90s
2013NB90sMovie
Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer
2013Jamel Shabazz Street Photographeras SelfMovie
P
2013Picasso Babyas SelfMovie
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’as SelfMovie
NB80s
2011NB80sas Narrator (voice)Movie
Blank City
2011Blank Cityas SelfMovie
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
2010Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Childas SelfMovie
Downtown Calling
2009Downtown Callingas SelfMovie
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
2009Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGBas SelfMovie
Rachel Getting Married
2008Rachel Getting Marriedas Rehearsal Dinner GuestMovie
The Universe of Keith Haring
2008The Universe of Keith Haringas SelfMovie
American Gangster
2007American Gangsteras Smalls PatronMovie
TV Party
2005TV Partyas SelfMovie
The Manchurian Candidate
2004The Manchurian Candidateas Political PunditMovie
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
2004And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hopas SelfMovie
Tupac: Resurrection
2003Tupac: Resurrectionas Self (archival)Movie
Blondie Greatest Video Hits
2002Blondie Greatest Video Hitsas Self (segment "Rapture")Movie
The Freshest Kids
2002The Freshest KidsMovie
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001Law & Order: Criminal Intentas Terrence 'Fulla T' SmithTV
Downtown '81
2001Downtown '81as Graffiti ArtistMovie
The Hip Hop Years
1999The Hip Hop Yearsas SelfTV
Who's the Man?
1993Who's the Man?as Fab 5 FreddyMovie
Juice
1992Juiceas SelfMovie
New Jack City
1991New Jack Cityas Master of CeremoniesMovie
Yo! MTV Raps
1988Yo! MTV Rapsas SelfTV
She's Gotta Have It
1986She's Gotta Have Itas Dog 10Movie
Good to Go
1986Good to Goas Mr. AintMovie
Wild Style
1982Wild Styleas "Phade"Movie
TV Party
1978TV PartyTV
Pusherman: Frank Lucas & The True Story of American Gangster
—Pusherman: Frank Lucas & The True Story of American GangsterMovie