Fab 5 Freddy

Biography

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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".

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Known For

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Terrence 'Fulla T' Smith

Marvel's Luke Cage

Fab 5 Freddy

American Gangster

Smalls Patron

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

Self

Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB

Self

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

Self

Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

Self - Filmmaker / Music Journalist

The Manchurian Candidate

Political Pundit

Filmography

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

Year	TV Show	Role
2022	The Andy Warhol Diaries	Self
2019	Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America	Self
2017	The Defiant Ones	Self
2016	Marvel's Luke Cage	Fab 5 Freddy
2001	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Terrence 'Fulla T' Smith
1999	The Hip Hop Years	Self
1988	Yo! MTV Raps	Self
1978	TV Party