Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Fred Brathwaite
- Fred Braithwaite
- Fab Five Freddy
- Fred "Fab 5 Freddy" Brathwaite
Fab 5 Freddy
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".
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Known For - Movies
American Gangster
as Smalls Patron
New Jack City
as Master of Ceremonies
The Manchurian Candidate
as Political Pundit
Juice
as Self
Rachel Getting Married
as Rehearsal Dinner Guest
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
as Self
Barry
as Rameek
Tupac: Resurrection
as Self (archival)
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
as Self - Filmmaker / Music Journalist
She's Gotta Have It
as Dog 10
