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Actor (18 credits)
1982
Wild Style
'Phade' (as Frederick Braithwaite)
1982
Wild Style
(associate producer - as Fred Braithwaite)
2019
The Deuce
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
2019
iZombie
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
2017
Roxanne Roxanne
(performer: "Change the Beat") / (writer: "Change the Beat" - as Fred Braithwaite)
1982
Wild Style
(performer: "Down By Law") / (writer: "South Bronx Subway Rap", "Military Cut (Scratch Mix)", "M.C. Battle", "Fantastic Freaks at the Dixie", "Subway Theme", "Cold Crush Bros. At the Dixie", "Cuckoo Clocking", "Double Trouble at the Amphitheatre", "The Chief Rocker Busy Bee, D.J. A.J. At the Amphitheatre", "Gangbusters Scratch Mix", "Rammellzee and Shock Dell at the Amphitheatre", "Down By Law", "Fantastic Freaks at the Amphitheatre")
1982
Wild Style
(original concept - as Fred Braithwaite)
1982
Wild Style
(musical director - as Fred Braithwaite)
1982
Wild Style
(special thanks - as Fab Five Freddy)
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Self (67 credits)
2016
Generation X
(TV Mini Series documentary)
Self - Hip-Hop Pioneer & Visual Artist
2013
NB90's
(TV Mini Series)
Self - Narrator
2013
Supermensch
(Documentary)
Self (as Fab Five Freddy)
2011-2012
NB80's
(TV Mini Series)
Self - Narrator
1992
Juice
Self (as Fab 5 Freddie)
1989
Art/New York
(TV Series documentary)
Self (segment "Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1960-1988")
1988
Yo! MTV Raps
(TV Series)
Host (weekend edition) (1988-1995)
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Personal Details
Other Works:
Music video:
Appeared (and was mentioned) in
Blondie's video "Rapture".
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Alternate Names:
Fab Five Freddy Braithwaite | Frederick Braithwaite | Fred Braithwaite | Fred Bratharaite | Freddie Brathwaite | Fred Brathwaite | Fab 5 Freddie | Fab Five Freddy | Fred Brathwaite AKA Fab 5 Freddy | Fred Brathwaite aka Fab 5 Freddy
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Trivia:
Is mentioned in the 1980 Blondie song "Rapture" and appears in the video of the song, which synthesizes disco with the then-emerging rap music and hip-hop. A pioneer of rap, Fab 5 Freddie met
Debbie Harry and other members of Blondie at a club and they became friends. When Freddy suggested that Harry write a song about the rap scene, she did. The result is the rap that is the second half of "...
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