Fab 5 Freddy
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
Details
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
Biography
EFred 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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Fab 5 Freddy's LGBTQ+ Titles
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Self
Acting (44)
2023
The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports as Self
2023
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes as Self
2022
The Andy Warhol Diaries as Self (6 episodes)
2021
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell as Self - Filmmaker / Music Journalist
2020
Keith Haring: Street Art Boy as Self
2020
It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet as himself
2019
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America as Self (6 episodes)
2019
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks as Self
2019
A Fresh Guide to Florence with Fab 5 Freddy as Himself - Presenter
2017
Basquiat: Rage to Riches as Self
2017
The Defiant Ones as Self (2 episodes)
2016
Marvel's Luke Cage as Fab 5 Freddy (1 episode)
2016
Barry as Rameek
2015
Hustlers Convention as Self
2014
Nas: Time Is Illmatic as Self
2013
NB90s
2013
Picasso Baby as Self
2013
Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer as Self
2013
Keith Haring: The Message as Himself
2012
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ as Self
2011
NB80s as Narrator (voice)
2011
Blank City as Self
2010
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child as Self
2009
Downtown Calling as Self
2009
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB as Self
2008
Rachel Getting Married as Rehearsal Dinner Guest
2008
The Universe of Keith Haring as Self
2007
American Gangster as Smalls Patron
2005
TV Party as Self
2004
The Manchurian Candidate as Political Pundit
2004
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop as Self
2002
Blondie Greatest Video Hits as Self (segment "Rapture")
2002
The Freshest Kids
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Terrence 'Fulla T' Smith (1 episode)
2001
Downtown '81 as Graffiti Artist
1999
The Hip Hop Years as Self (2 episodes)
1993
Who's the Man? as Fab 5 Freddy
1992
Juice as Self
1991
New Jack City as Master of Ceremonies
1988
Yo! MTV Raps as Self (50 episodes)
1986
She's Gotta Have It as Dog 10
1982
Wild Style as "Phade"
1978
TV Party (7 episodes)
Directing (1)
2019
Grass Is Greener
• Director
Production (5)
2023
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
• Executive Producer
2021
Hold Your Fire
• Producer
2012
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
• Consulting Producer
1991
New Jack City
• Associate Producer
1982
Wild Style
• Associate Producer
Writing (1)
1982
Wild Style
• Original Concept
Sound (1)
1982
Wild Style
• Music