About
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".
Filmography
The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports2023 · Self
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes2023 · Self
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell2021 · Self - Filmmaker / Music Journalist
Keith Haring: Street Art Boy2020 · Self
Ricky Powell: The Individualist2020 · Self
It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet2020 · Self
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks2019 · Self
A Fresh Guide to Florence with Fab 5 Freddy2019 · Himself - Presenter
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat2018 · Self
Basquiat: Rage to Riches2017 · Self
Barry2016 · Rameek
Hustlers Convention2015 · Self
Nas: Time Is Illmatic2014 · Self
NB90s2013
Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer2013 · Self
Picasso Baby2013 · Self
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’2012 · Self
NB80s2011 · Narrator (voice)
Blank City2011 · Self
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child2010 · Self