Fab 5 Freddy

Fab 5 Freddy

​   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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Movies starring Fab 5 Freddy (39)

The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports (2023)

Self

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes (2023)

Self

Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell (2021)

Self - Filmmaker / Music Journalist

Keith Haring: Street Art Boy (2020)

Self

Ricky Powell: The Individualist (2020)

Self

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

Self

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks (2019)

Self

A Fresh Guide to Florence with Fab 5 Freddy (2019)

Himself - Presenter

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

Self

Basquiat: Rage to Riches (2017)

Self

Barry (2016)

Rameek

Hustlers Convention (2015)

Self

Nas: Time Is Illmatic (2014)

Self

NB90s (2013)
Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer (2013)

Self

Picasso Baby (2013)

Self

Keith Haring: The Message (2013)

Himself

Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ (2012)

Self

NB80s (2011)

Narrator (Voice)

Blank City (2011)

Self

Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child (2010)

Self

Downtown Calling (2009)

Self

Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB (2009)

Self

Rachel Getting Married (2008)

Rehearsal Dinner Guest

The Universe of Keith Haring (2008)

Self

American Gangster (2007)

Smalls Patron

TV Party (2005)

Self

The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

Political Pundit

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

Self

Tupac: Resurrection (2003)

Self (Archival)

Blondie Greatest Video Hits (2002)

Self (Segment "Rapture")

The Freshest Kids (2002)
Downtown '81 (2001)

Graffiti Artist

Who's the Man? (1993)

Fab 5 Freddy

Juice (1992)

Self

New Jack City (1991)

Master Of Ceremonies

She's Gotta Have It (1986)

Dog 10

Good to Go (1986)

Mr. Aint

Wild Style (1982)

"Phade"

Movies Made by Fab 5 Freddy (6)

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV (2023)

Executive Producer

Hold Your Fire (2021)

Producer

Grass Is Greener (2019)

Director

Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ (2012)

Consulting Producer

New Jack City (1991)

Associate Producer

Wild Style (1982)

Associate Producer

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