Personal details
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also known as
Fred Brathwaite · Fred Braithwaite · Fab Five Freddy · Fred "Fab 5 Freddy" Brathwaite
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.
Bekannt für
6.3
Film
Rachel Getting Married
Rehearsal Dinner Guest
2008
7.5
Series
Yo! MTV Raps
Self
1988–
6.7
Film
New Jack City
Master of Ceremonies
1991
6.7
Series
The Andy Warhol Diaries
Self
2022
8.0
Series
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
Self
2019
4.8
Film
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
Self
2020
5.8
Film
Basquiat: Rage to Riches
Self
2017
2.0
Film
It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet
Self
2020
6.9
Film
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Self
2018
7.5
Film
Keith Haring: Street Art Boy
Self
2020
Acting credits 10 titles
The Andy Warhol Diaries
as Self
6.7
2022
Keith Haring: Street Art Boy
as Self
7.5
2020
It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet
as Self
2.0
2020
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
as Self
4.8
2020
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
as Self
8.0
2019
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
as Self
6.9
2018
Basquiat: Rage to Riches
as Self
5.8
2017
Rachel Getting Married
as Rehearsal Dinner Guest
6.3
2008
New Jack City
as Master of Ceremonies
6.7
1991
Yo! MTV Raps
as Self
7.5
1988–