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Fab 5 Freddy
Fab 5 Freddy

Fab 5 Freddy

Acting•Brooklyn, New York, USA

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.

Known For

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001•TV Series•
7.6
Marvel's Luke Cage

Marvel's Luke Cage

2016•TV Series•
6.9
American Gangster

American Gangster

2007•Movie•
7.6
Yo! MTV Raps

Yo! MTV Raps

1988•TV Series•
7.5
Rachel Getting Married

Rachel Getting Married

2008•Movie•
6.3
The Defiant Ones

The Defiant Ones

2017•TV Series•
7.8
The Manchurian Candidate

The Manchurian Candidate

2004•Movie•
6.5
New Jack City

New Jack City

1991•Movie•
6.7

Filmography

2023
The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports

as Self

Movie
2023
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

as Self

Movie
2022
The Andy Warhol Diaries

as Self

TV
2021
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

as Self - Filmmaker / Music Journalist

Movie
2020
Keith Haring: Street Art Boy

as Self

Movie
2020
Ricky Powell: The Individualist

as Self

Movie
2020
It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet

as Self

Movie
2019
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America

as Self

TV
2019
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

as Self

Movie
2019
A Fresh Guide to Florence with Fab 5 Freddy

as Himself - Presenter

Movie
2018
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat

as Self

Movie
2017
Basquiat: Rage to Riches

as Self

Movie
2017
The Defiant Ones

as Self

TV
2016
Marvel's Luke Cage

as Fab 5 Freddy

TV
2016
Barry

as Rameek

Movie
2015
Hustlers Convention

as Self

Movie
2014
Nas: Time Is Illmatic

as Self

Movie
2013
NB90s
Movie
2013
Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer

as Self

Movie
2013
Picasso Baby

as Self

Movie
2012
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

as Self

Movie
2011
NB80s

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2011
Blank City

as Self

Movie
2010
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child

as Self

Movie
2009
Downtown Calling

as Self

Movie
2009
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB

as Self

Movie
2008
Rachel Getting Married

as Rehearsal Dinner Guest

Movie
2008
The Universe of Keith Haring

as Self

Movie
2007
American Gangster

as Smalls Patron

Movie
2005
TV Party

as Self

Movie
2004
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop

as Self

TV
2004
The Manchurian Candidate

as Political Pundit

Movie
2004
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop

as Self

Movie
2003
Tupac: Resurrection

as Self (archival)

Movie
2002
Blondie Greatest Video Hits

as Self (segment "Rapture")

Movie
2002
The Freshest Kids
Movie
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Terrence 'Fulla T' Smith

TV
2001
Downtown '81

as Graffiti Artist

Movie
1999
The Hip Hop Years

as Self

TV
1993
Who's the Man?

as Fab 5 Freddy

Movie
1992
Juice

as Self

Movie
1991
New Jack City

as Master of Ceremonies

Movie
1988
Yo! MTV Raps

as Self

TV
1986
She's Gotta Have It

as Dog 10

Movie
1986
Good to Go

as Mr. Aint

Movie
1982
Wild Style

as "Phade"

Movie
1978
TV Party
TV
—
Pusherman: Frank Lucas & The True Story of American Gangster
Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
Place of BirthBrooklyn, New York, USA
Popularity0.3