Fab 5 Freddy
- Known for
- Acting
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
Acting 40
- 2026Pusherman: Frank Lucas & The True Story of American Gangster
- 2023The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports as Self
- 2023Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes as Self
- 2021Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell as Self - Filmmaker / Music Journalist
- 2020Keith Haring: Street Art Boy as Self
- 2020Ricky Powell: The Individualist as Self
- 2020It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet as Self
- 2019Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks as Self
- 2019A Fresh Guide to Florence with Fab 5 Freddy as Himself - Presenter
- 2018Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat as Self
- 2017Basquiat: Rage to Riches as Self
- 2016Barry as Rameek
- 2015Hustlers Convention as Self
- 2014Nas: Time Is Illmatic as Self
- 2013NB90s
- 2013Picasso Baby as Self
- 2013Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer as Self
- 2013Keith Haring: The Message as Himself
- 2012Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ as Self
- 2011NB80s as Narrator (voice)
- 2011Blank City as Self
- 2010Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child as Self
- 2009Downtown Calling as Self
- 2009Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB as Self
- 2008Rachel Getting Married as Rehearsal Dinner Guest
- 2008The Universe of Keith Haring as Self
- 2007American Gangster as Smalls Patron
- 2005TV Party as Self
- 2004The Manchurian Candidate as Political Pundit
- 2004And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop as Self
- 2003Tupac: Resurrection as Self (archival)
- 2002Blondie Greatest Video Hits as Self (segment "Rapture")
- 2002The Freshest Kids
- 2001Downtown '81 as Graffiti Artist
- 1993Who's the Man? as Fab 5 Freddy
- 1992Juice as Self
- 1991New Jack City as Master of Ceremonies
- 1986She's Gotta Have It as Dog 10
- 1986Good to Go as Mr. Aint
- 1982Wild Style as "Phade"
Production 5
- 2023Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV · executive producer
- 2021Hold Your Fire · producer
- 2012Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ · consulting producer
- 1991New Jack City · associate producer
- 1982Wild Style · associate producer
Directing 1
- 2019Grass Is Greener · director
Sound 1
- 1982Wild Style · music
Writing 1
- 1982Wild Style · original concept