Fab 5 Freddy
- Born
- 1959
- Actor
- Director
- Producer
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.
Filmography · 20 credits
- 2025Pusherman: Frank Lucas & The True Story of American Gangster · Self (Self)
- 2023Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes · Self (Self)
- 2021Hold Your Fire · Producer
- 2021All the Streets Are Silent: The Convergence of Hip Hop and Skateboarding (1987-1997) · Self (Original Host, Yo! MTV Raps)
- 2021All the Streets Are Silent: The Convergence of Hip Hop and Skateboarding (1987-1997) · Self (Self - Artist)
- 2021All the Streets Are Silent: The Convergence of Hip Hop and Skateboarding (1987-1997) · Self (Filmmaker)
- 2019Grass is Greener · Director
- 2017Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat · Self (Self)
- 2015Hustlers Convention · Self (Self)
- 2013Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer · Self (Self)
- 2011Gray: Live at the New Museum · Actor
- 2010Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child · Self (Self)
- 2009Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB · Self (Self)
- 2009Downtown Calling · Self (Self)
- 2009Founding Fathers · Self (Self)
- 2008Malcolm's Echo: The Legacy of Malcolm X · Self (Self)
- 1986Good to Go · Actor (Mr. Aint)
- 1982Wild Style · Actor ('Phade')
- 1982Wild Style · Composer
- 1982Wild Style · Writer