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Gender

Male

Birthday

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Also Known As

Fred Brathwaite
Fred Braithwaite
Fab Five Freddy
Fred "Fab 5 Freddy" Brathwaite

Fab 5 Freddy

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 on TV, "Yo! MTV Raps".

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Known For

7.6%

American Gangster

Nov 2, 2007

6.9%

Marvel's Luke Cage

Sep 30, 2016

6.5%

The Manchurian Candidate

Jul 30, 2004

6.3%

Rachel Getting Married

Sep 3, 2008

6.6%

New Jack City

Mar 8, 1991

7.2%

Juice

Jan 17, 1992

7.6%

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Sep 30, 2001

6.6%

She's Gotta Have It

Aug 8, 1986

5.7%

Barry

Sep 10, 2016

7.8%

Tupac: Resurrection

Nov 14, 2003

7.2%

Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

Mar 1, 2021

7.8%

The Defiant Ones

Jul 9, 2017

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Acting

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

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 Internet as Self

2019		Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America as Self
2019		Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks as Self
2019		A Fresh Guide to Florence with Fab 5 Freddy as Himself - Presenter