Fab 5 Freddy
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Terrence 'Fulla T' Smith
2001
Series
Marvel's Luke Cage
Fab 5 Freddy
2016
Film
American Gangster
Smalls Patron
2007
Series
Yo! MTV Raps
Self
1988
Film
The Manchurian Candidate
Political Pundit
2004
Series
The Defiant Ones
Self
2017
Film
Rachel Getting Married
Rehearsal Dinner Guest
2008
Film
Juice
Self
1992
Film
New Jack City
Master of Ceremonies
1991
Series
The Andy Warhol Diaries
Self
2022
Film
She's Gotta Have It
Dog 10
1986
Series
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
Self
2019
Series
TV Party
1978
Series
The Hip Hop Years
Self
1999
Film
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
Self
2019
Film
Tupac: Resurrection
Self (archival)
2003
Film
Barry
Rameek
2016
Film
Who's the Man?
Fab 5 Freddy
1993
Film
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
Self - Filmmaker / Music Journalist
2021
Film
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Self
2012
Film
TV Party
Self
2005
Picasso Baby
Self
2013
Film
Basquiat: Rage to Riches
Self
2017
Loose Talk
1983
Series
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
Self
2004
Film
Wild Style
"Phade"
1982
Film
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
Self
2014
Film
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
Self
2010
Film
The Universe of Keith Haring
Self
2008
Film
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
Self
2020
Film
The Freshest Kids
2002
Film
Blank City
Self
2011
Film
Downtown '81
Graffiti Artist
2001
Film
NB90s
2013
Film
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
Self
2004
Film
It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet
Self
2020
Film
The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports
Self
2023
Film
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
Self
2009
Film
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Self
2018
Film
Hustlers Convention
Self
2015
Film
NB80s
Narrator (voice)
2011
Film
Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer
Self
2013
Film
Good to Go
Mr. Aint
1986
Film
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Self
2023
Film
Keith Haring: Street Art Boy
Self
2020
Film
Downtown Calling
Self
2009
Film
Pusherman: Frank Lucas & The True Story of American Gangster
Film
Blondie Greatest Video Hits
Self (segment "Rapture")
2002
A Fresh Guide to Florence with Fab 5 Freddy
Himself - Presenter
2019