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Fab 5 Freddy
ACTOR

Fab 5 Freddy

Known for American Gangster · Marvel's Luke Cage · The Manchurian Candidate

​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…

Snapshot 2026-10-16

Birthplace
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Known For
Acting

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".

Description above from the Wikipedia article Fab 5 Freddy,  licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

MOVIEAmerican Gangster
American GangsterSmalls Patron · 2007
★ 7.6
TVMarvel's Luke Cage
Marvel's Luke CageFab 5 Freddy · 2016
★ 6.9
MOVIEThe Manchurian Candidate
The Manchurian CandidatePolitical Pundit · 2004
★ 6.5
MOVIENew Jack City
New Jack CityMaster of Ceremonies · 1991
★ 6.7
TVLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal IntentTerrence 'Fulla T' Smith · 2001
★ 7.6
TVThe Defiant Ones
The Defiant OnesSelf · 2017
★ 7.8
MOVIEIron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
Iron Fists and Kung Fu KicksSelf · 2019
★ 6.7
TVYo! MTV Raps
Yo! MTV RapsSelf · 1988
★ 7.5

Filmography

Movies

Wild Style"Phade"
1982
Wild StyleOriginal Concept
1982
Wild StyleAssociate Producer
1982
Wild StyleOriginal Music Composer
1982
Good to GoMr. Aint
1986
She's Gotta Have ItDog 10
1986
New Jack CityMaster of Ceremonies
1991
New Jack CityAssociate Producer
1991
JuiceSelf
1992
Who's the Man?Fab 5 Freddy
1993
Downtown '81Graffiti Artist
2001
Blondie Greatest Video HitsSelf (segment "Rapture")
2002
The Freshest Kids
2002
Tupac: ResurrectionSelf (archival)
2003
The Manchurian CandidatePolitical Pundit
2004
TV PartySelf
2005
American GangsterSmalls Patron
2007
Rachel Getting MarriedRehearsal Dinner Guest
2008
The Universe of Keith HaringSelf
2008
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGBSelf
2009
Downtown CallingSelf
2009
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant ChildSelf
2010
Blank CitySelf
2011
NB80sNarrator (voice)
2011
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’Self
2012
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’Consulting Producer
2012
Jamel Shabazz Street PhotographerSelf
2013
NB90s
2013
PB
Picasso BabySelf
2013
Nas: Time Is IllmaticSelf
2014
Hustlers ConventionSelf
2015
BarryRameek
2016
Basquiat: Rage to RichesSelf
2017
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel BasquiatSelf
2018
AF
A Fresh Guide to Florence with Fab 5 FreddyHimself - Presenter
2019
Grass Is GreenerDirector
2019
Iron Fists and Kung Fu KicksSelf
2019
It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the InternetSelf
2020
Keith Haring: Street Art BoySelf
2020
Ricky Powell: The IndividualistSelf
2020
Biggie: I Got a Story to TellSelf - Filmmaker / Music Journalist
2021
Hold Your FireProducer
2021
Max Roach: The Drum Also WaltzesSelf
2023
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TVExecutive Producer
2023
The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and SportsSelf
2023
Pusherman: Frank Lucas & The True Story of American Gangster

Television

TV Party7 eps
1978
LT
Loose Talk1 eps
1983
Yo! MTV RapsSelf · 50 eps
1988
The Hip Hop YearsSelf · 2 eps
1999
Law & Order: Criminal IntentTerrence 'Fulla T' Smith · 1 eps
2001
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-HopSelf · 5 eps
2004
Marvel's Luke CageFab 5 Freddy · 1 eps
2016
The Defiant OnesSelf · 2 eps
2017
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook AmericaSelf · 6 eps
2019
The Andy Warhol DiariesSelf · 6 eps
2022

Photos

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