Fab 5 Freddy
Artist • Director • Musician
Birth Date: August 31, 1959
Age: 65 years old
Birth Place: Bedford-Stuyvesant, New York
Fred Brathwaite, more popularly known as Fab 5 Freddy, is an American visual artist, filmmaker, and hip hop pioneer.
Credits
Disco's Revenge
Self
Movie
2024
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
Executive Producer
Movie
2023
Love & Respect With Killer Mike
Guest
Show
2021
Hold Your Fire
Producer
Movie
2021
Keith Haring: Street Art Boy
Self
Show
2020
A Fresh Guide to Florence with Fab 5 Freddy
Host
Show
2019
Grass Is Greener
Director
Show
2019
I Want My MTV
Guest
Movie
2019
It's Yours: Hip-Hop & the Internet
Self
Movie
2019
Basquiat: Rage to Riches
Self
Show
2017
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Self
Movie
2017
Vex Ruffin and Fab 5 Freddy: The Balance
Music Performer
Show
2016
Hustlers Convention
Actor
Movie
2015
Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer
Actor
Themselves
Show
2013
Anthony Bourdain: Parts UnknownStream
Self
Reality
2013
Blue BloodsStream
Guest Star
Series
2010
Law & Order: Criminal IntentStream
Guest Star
Terrence 'Fulla T' Smith
Series
2001
New Jack CityStream
Associate Producer
Movie
1991
Yo! MTV RapsStream
Host
Series
1988
Wild Style
Original Music
Movie
1982
Photos
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