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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Fab 5 Freddy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Fab 5 Freddy has 48 screen credits in a career dating back to 1982. Signature works include Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’, Pusherman: Frank Lucas & The True Story of American Gangster, A Fresh Guide to Florence with Fab 5 Freddy. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
