Fab 5 Freddy

Fab 5 Freddy Headshot

Artist • Director • Musician

Birth Date: August 31, 1959

Age: 64 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

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

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

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
80%

Yo! MTV RapsStream

Host
Series
1988

Wild Style

Original Music
Movie
1982