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Fab 5 Freddy

Fab 5 Freddy

Actor, Producer, Director

Born August 31, 1959 in Brooklyn, New York, USA

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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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All the Streets Are Silent | Official Trailer

Keith Haring: Street Art Boy | Official Trailer | American Masters | PBS

Boom For Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat - Trailer

Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer trailer

NB80's [Complete]

Wild Style DVD Trailer

Official Trailer

Filmography

Actor

98

Type

Year

Pusherman: Frank Lucas & The True Story of American Gangster Poster

Pusherman: Frank Lucas & The True Story of American Gangster Feature Film2025Self

Downtown 23 Poster

Downtown 23 Feature Film2023Self

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes Poster

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes Feature Film2023Self

The Breakfast Club on BET Poster

The Breakfast Club on BET TV Series2023Self

Making Black America: Through the Grapevine TV Series2022Filmmaker

The Andy Warhol Diaries Poster

The Andy Warhol Diaries Mini-Series2022Self - Artist

All the Streets Are Silent: The Convergence of Hip Hop and Skateboarding (1987-1997) Poster

All the Streets Are Silent: The Convergence of Hip Hop and Skateboarding (1987-1997) Documentary2021Self - Artist

Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell Poster

Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell Feature Film2021Self - Filmmaker

DJ Cassidy's Pass the Mic: BET Soul Train Edition 2021 Poster

DJ Cassidy's Pass the Mic: BET Soul Train Edition 2021 TV Special2021Self

Love & Respect with Killer Mike Poster

Love & Respect with Killer Mike TV Series2021Self

Keith Haring: Street Art Boy Poster

Keith Haring: Street Art Boy Documentary2020Self

The ReidOut Poster

The ReidOut TV Series2020Self

Your Voice Your Vote presented by Behind the Rhyme TV Special2020

Biography: I Want My MTV Poster

Biography: I Want My MTV Documentary2019Self

Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop Poster

Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop Short Film2019Self

Eazy E & Venice Locals (A Historic Day in the Brotherhood of Hip Hop and Skateboarding) Poster

Eazy E & Venice Locals (A Historic Day in the Brotherhood of Hip Hop and Skateboarding) Short Film2019Self

Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America Poster

Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America TV Series2019Self

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks Poster

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks Documentary2019Self

Debbie Harry: Atomic Blondie Poster

Debbie Harry: Atomic Blondie Documentary2018Self

Basquiat: Rage to Riches Poster

Basquiat: Rage to Riches Documentary2017Self

Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat Poster

Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat Documentary2017Self

Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story Poster

Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story Documentary2017Self - Interviewer

Icon Award Gala Honoring Queen Latifah TV Special2017Self

She's Gotta Have It Poster

She's Gotta Have It TV Series2017Baptiste

The Defiant Ones Poster

The Defiant Ones Mini-Series2017Self

Who Shot Biggie & Tupac? Poster

Who Shot Biggie & Tupac? Documentary2017Self

Barry Feature Film2016Rameek

Generation X Poster

Generation X Mini-Series2016Self - Hip-Hop Pioneer & Visual Artist

Hip-Hop Evolution Poster

Hip-Hop Evolution TV Series2016Self

Luke Cage Poster

Luke Cage TV Series2016Fab Five Freddy

Hustlers Convention Poster

Hustlers Convention Documentary2015Self

Nas: Time Is Illmatic Poster

Nas: Time Is Illmatic Documentary2014Self

Retro 30 TV Series2014Self

The Tanning of America Poster

The Tanning of America Mini-Series2014Self - Host, Yo! MTV Raps

Unsung Hollywood Poster

Unsung Hollywood TV Series2014Self

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown Poster

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown TV Series2013Self

Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer Poster

Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer Documentary2013Self

NB90's Mini-Series2013Self - Narrator

Picasso Baby: A Performance Art Film Poster

Picasso Baby: A Performance Art Film Documentary2013Self - Hip Hop Pioneer

Supermensch Poster

Supermensch Documentary2013Self

40 Greatest Yo! MTV Raps Moments TV Movie2012Self - Host

Art in the Streets Poster

Art in the Streets TV Series2011Self

Gray: Live at the New Museum Documentary2011

NB80's Mini-Series2011Self - Narrator

Outside In: The Story of Art in the Streets Poster

Outside In: The Story of Art in the Streets Documentary2011Self - Artist

Blank City Poster

Blank City Documentary2010

Blue Bloods Poster

Blue Bloods TV Series2010Atticus

Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child Poster

Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child Documentary2010Self

Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB Poster

Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB Documentary2009Self

Downtown Calling Poster

Downtown Calling Documentary2009Self

Malcolm's Echo: The Legacy of Malcolm X Documentary2008Self

Rachel Getting Married Poster

Rachel Getting Married Feature Film2008Rehearsal dinner guest

The Universe of Keith Haring Poster

The Universe of Keith Haring Documentary2008Self

4th Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors Poster

4th Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors TV Special2007Self - Honoree

American Gangster Poster

American Gangster Feature Film2007Smalls Patron

The Heart of Hip Hop with Fab 5 Freddy Poster

The Heart of Hip Hop with Fab 5 Freddy TV Series2007Self

3rd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors Poster

3rd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors TV Special2006Self

Ali Rap TV Movie2006Self

VH1 Rock Docs Poster

VH1 Rock Docs TV Series2006Self

2nd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors Poster

2nd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors TV Special2005Self

Blondie: Video Hits Poster

Blondie: Video Hits Video2005Fab 5 Freddy

New Jack City: A Hip Hop Classic Poster

New Jack City: A Hip Hop Classic Documentary2005Self

TV Party Poster

TV Party Documentary2005

And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop Poster

And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop Mini-Series2004Self

Class of '80 Debbie Harry Documentary2004Self

Hip-Hop Honors Poster

Hip-Hop Honors TV Special2004Self

The Manchurian Candidate Poster

The Manchurian Candidate Feature Film2004Political Pundit

The Manchurian Candidate: Political Pundits Video2004Self

Tupac: Resurrection Poster

Tupac: Resurrection Documentary2003Self

VH1 Goes Inside Poster

VH1 Goes Inside TV Series2003Self

A Tribe Called Quest: The Video Anthology Poster

A Tribe Called Quest: The Video Anthology Video2002Self

Blondie: Greatest Video Hits Poster

Blondie: Greatest Video Hits Video2002Self

The Freshest Kids Poster

The Freshest Kids Documentary2002

BET's Top 25 Countdown Poster

BET's Top 25 Countdown TV Series2001Self - Filmmaker

Law & Order: Criminal Intent Poster

Law & Order: Criminal Intent TV Series2001Terrence 'Fulla T' Smith

MTV 20: Live & Almost Legal Documentary2001Self

VH1 Presents the 80's Poster

VH1 Presents the 80's Mini-Series2001Self

Downtown 81 Poster

Downtown 81 Feature Film2000Graffiti Artist

Beastieography Poster

Beastieography Documentary1998Self - Ex-Host Yo MTV Raps

Total Request Live Poster

Total Request Live TV Series1998Self

The 1995 Source Hip-Hop Music Awards Poster

The 1995 Source Hip-Hop Music Awards TV Special1995Self

1994 MTV Video Music Awards Poster

1994 MTV Video Music Awards TV Special1994Self

Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos Poster

Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos Documentary1994Self

Intimate Portrait Poster

Intimate Portrait TV Series1993Self

Who's the Man? Poster

Who's the Man? Feature Film1993Self

Juice Feature Film1992Self

Human Education Against Lies Poster

Human Education Against Lies Video1991Self - Co-director

New Jack City Poster

New Jack City Feature Film1991Master of Ceremonies

1990 MTV Video Music Awards Poster

1990 MTV Video Music Awards TV Special1990Self

Rapmania: The Roots of Rap Poster

Rapmania: The Roots of Rap Documentary1990Self - Co-Host

1989 MTV Video Music Awards Poster

1989 MTV Video Music Awards TV Special1989Self

Die Toten Hosen - 3 Akkorde für ein Halleluja Poster

Die Toten Hosen - 3 Akkorde für ein Halleluja Documentary1989Self

Overcoming Self-Destruction Poster

Overcoming Self-Destruction Video1989Self

Yo! MTV Raps Poster

Yo! MTV Raps TV Series1988Self

Good to Go Poster

Good to Go Feature Film1986Mr. Aint

She's Gotta Have It Poster

She's Gotta Have It Feature Film1986Dog #10

Wild Style Poster

Wild Style Feature Film1982'Phade'

Art/New York Poster

Art/New York TV Series1979Self

Producer

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Type

Year

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV Poster

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV Feature Film2023

Untitled Nam June Paik/Steven Yeun/Fab 5 Freddy Project Poster

Untitled Nam June Paik/Steven Yeun/Fab 5 Freddy Project Feature Film2022

Hold Your Fire Poster

Hold Your Fire Feature Film2021

6th Annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors Poster

6th Annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors TV Special2009

5th Annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors Poster

5th Annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors TV Special2008

4th Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors Poster

4th Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors TV Special2007

3rd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors Poster

3rd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors TV Special2006

2nd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors Poster

2nd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors TV Special2005

Hip-Hop Honors Poster

Hip-Hop Honors TV Special2004

New Jack City Poster

New Jack City Feature Film1991

Wild Style Poster

Wild Style Feature Film1982

Director

5

Type

Year

Grass is Greener Poster

Grass is Greener Documentary2019

Nas: Video Anthology Vol. 1 Poster

Nas: Video Anthology Vol. 1 Video2004

Murder Was the Case: The Movie Poster

Murder Was the Case: The Movie Video1995

Nas: One Love Video1994

Shabba Ranks: Naked and Ready Video1992

Thanks

5

Type

Year

Downtown 81 Poster

Downtown 81 Feature Film2000

3rd Bass: The Cactus Vidie/Yo Video1990

Fight the Power Live Poster

Fight the Power Live Video1989

Wild Style Poster

Wild Style Feature Film1982

Black Woodstock Poster

Black Woodstock Documentary1969

Composer

1

Wild Style Poster

Wild Style Feature Film1982

Music Department

1

Wild Style Poster

Wild Style Feature Film1982

Writer

1

Wild Style Poster

Wild Style Feature Film1982

Other Crew

1

American Gangster Poster

American Gangster Feature Film2007

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