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Fred Brathwaite (born August 31, 1959), more popularly known as Fab 5 Freddy, is an American visual artist, filmmaker, and hip hop pioneer. He is considered one of the architects of the street art movement.
Along with friends and contemporaries, Futura 2000, Keith Haring, Lee Quinones and Jean-Michel Basquiat, Fab was a key player in New York’s 1980’s downtown cultural scene instrumental in elevating graffiti into a disruptive movement that would eventually give birth to street art.
Along with friends and contemporaries, Futura 2000, Keith Haring, Lee Quinones and Jean-Michel Basquiat, Fab was a key player in New York’s 1980’s downtown cultural scene instrumental in elevating graffiti into a disruptive movement that would eventually give birth to street art.
Visual artist, filmmaker, and hip-hop pioneer Fab 5 Freddy (Fred Brathwaite) was among the earliest graffiti artists to receive recognition in the wider art world. His work bridged the uptown hip-hop scene and the downtown art and punk scene of 1970s and ’80s New York and made major artistic contributions to both.
Aug 1, 2023 · This article provides an overview of the life and career of Fab Five Freddy, highlighting his contributions to hip-hop culture as a graffiti artist, filmmaker, and television host.
Jan 15, 2019 · During the early days of hip-hop, no one did more to champion the style than Fred Braithwaite, AKA “Fab 5 Freddy.” Initially a New York graffiti artist who dreamed of wider recognition within the art world, he was one of the first people to see hip-hop as a genuine cultural phenomenon.
Oct 17, 2023 · Smack in the middle of this assemblage sat Fred Brathwaite, better known as Fab Five Freddy (a.k.a. Fab 5 Freddy), the artist, rapper, video director, documentary maker, podcaster, cannabis...
Oct 29, 2020 · Fred Brathwaite more popularly known as Fab 5 Freddy, is an American visual artist, filmmaker, and hip hop pioneer. He emerged in New York's downtown underground creative scene in the late 1970s as a camera operator and a regular guest on Glenn O'Brien's public access cable show TV Party.
May 24, 2019 · The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture has acquired the archives of the hip-hop and art innovator Fab 5 Freddy, born Fred Brathwaite. Cole Wilson for The New York Times. By Reggie...
Jun 24, 2019 · Fab Five Freddy (Fred Brathwaite) was born in the Bedford Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn in 1969. As a teen in the 1970s, he became a member of graffiti crew “The Fabulous 5” and got his name after consistently spray painting his name on the number 5 train on the IRT subway.
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