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Fab 5 Freddy
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
American Gangster2007
Marvel's Luke Cage2016
The Manchurian Candidate2004
Rachel Getting Married2008
New Jack City1991
Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001
She's Gotta Have It1986
Barry2016
Filmography
- TBAPusherman: Frank Lucas & The True Story of American GangsterFilm
- 2023Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TVFilmExecutive Producer
- 2023The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and SportsFilmSelf
- 2023Max Roach: The Drum Also WaltzesFilmSelf
- 2022The Andy Warhol DiariesSeriesSelf
- 2021Biggie: I Got a Story to TellFilmSelf - Filmmaker / Music Journalist
- 2021Hold Your FireFilmProducer
- 2020Keith Haring: Street Art BoyFilmSelf
- 2020Ricky Powell: The IndividualistFilmSelf
- 2020It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the InternetFilmSelf
- 2019Iron Fists and Kung Fu KicksFilmSelf
- 2019Grass Is GreenerFilmDirector
- 2019Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook AmericaSeriesSelf
- 2019A Fresh Guide to Florence with Fab 5 FreddyFilmHimself - Presenter
- 2018Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel BasquiatFilmSelf
- 2017The Defiant OnesSeriesSelf
- 2017Basquiat: Rage to RichesFilmSelf
- 2016Marvel's Luke CageSeriesFab 5 Freddy
- 2016BarryFilmRameek
- 2015Hustlers ConventionFilmSelf
- 2014Nas: Time Is IllmaticFilmSelf
- 2013Jamel Shabazz Street PhotographerFilmSelf
- 2013Picasso BabyFilmSelf
- 2013NB90sFilm
- 2012Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’FilmSelf, Consulting Producer
- 2011Blank CityFilmSelf
- 2011NB80sFilmNarrator (voice)
- 2010Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant ChildFilmSelf
- 2009Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGBFilmSelf
- 2009Downtown CallingFilmSelf
- 2008Rachel Getting MarriedFilmRehearsal Dinner Guest
- 2008The Universe of Keith HaringFilmSelf
- 2007American GangsterFilmSmalls Patron
- 2005TV PartyFilmSelf
- 2004The Manchurian CandidateFilmPolitical Pundit
- 2004And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-HopSeriesSelf
- 2003Tupac: ResurrectionFilmSelf (archival)
- 2002The Freshest KidsFilm
- 2002Blondie Greatest Video HitsFilmSelf (segment "Rapture")
- 2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentSeriesTerrence 'Fulla T' Smith
- 2001Downtown '81FilmGraffiti Artist
- 2001I Love 1980'sSeries
- 1999The Hip Hop YearsSeriesSelf
- 1993Who's the Man?FilmFab 5 Freddy
- 1992JuiceFilmSelf
- 1991New Jack CityFilmMaster of Ceremonies, Associate Producer
- 1988Yo! MTV RapsSeriesSelf
- 1986She's Gotta Have ItFilmDog 10
- 1986Good to GoFilmMr. Aint
- 1983Loose TalkSeries
- 1982Wild StyleFilm"Phade", Associate Producer, Original Concept, Original Music Composer
- 1978TV PartySeries