KMDB

Fab 5 Freddy

Fab 5 Freddy

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

01/01/1970

Age

55 years old

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Biography

​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... Read More

Known For

The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports

The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

Keith Haring: Street Art Boy

Keith Haring: Street Art Boy

Ricky Powell: The Individualist

Ricky Powell: The Individualist

It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet

It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

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

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

Basquiat: Rage to Riches

Basquiat: Rage to Riches

Filmography

Cast

2023

The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and S...

as Self

2023

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

as Self

2021

Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

as Self - Filmmaker / Music Journalist

2020

Keith Haring: Street Art Boy

as Self

2020

Ricky Powell: The Individualist

as Self

2020

It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the In...

as Self

2019

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

as Self

2019

A Fresh Guide to Florence with Fab 5 Fre...

as Himself - Presenter

2018

Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of...

as Self

2017

Basquiat: Rage to Riches

as Self

2016

Barry

as Rameek

2015

Hustlers Convention

as Self

2014

Nas: Time Is Illmatic

as Self

2013

NB90s

2013

Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer

as Self

2013

Picasso Baby

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 CBG...

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

2003

Tupac: Resurrection

as Self (archival)

2002

Blondie Greatest Video Hits

as Self (segment "Rapture")

2002

The Freshest Kids

2001

Downtown '81

as Graffiti Artist

1993

Who's the Man?

as Fab 5 Freddy

1992

Juice

as Self

1991

New Jack City

as Master of Ceremonies

1986

She's Gotta Have It

as Dog 10

1982

Wild Style

as "Phade"

Crew

2023

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV

as Executive Producer

2021

Hold Your Fire

as Producer

2019

Grass Is Greener

as Director

2012

Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

as Consulting Producer

1991

New Jack City

as Associate Producer

1982

Wild Style

as Music

1982

Wild Style

as Original Concept

1982

Wild Style

as Associate Producer