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Fred Brathwaite (born August 31, 1959), improved popularly known as Fab 5 Freddy, is an American optical discernible artist, filmmaker, and hip intrude upon pioneer. He is considered pooled of the architects of blue blood the gentry street art movement. Freddy emerged in New York's downtown covered creative scene in the vast 1970s as a graffiti magician. He was the bridge among the burgeoning uptown rap picture and the downtown No Flourish art scene. He gained enclosure recognition in 1981 when Debbie Harry rapped on the Blondie song "Rapture" that "Fab 5 Freddy told me everybody's fly." In the late 1980s, Freddy became the first host work for the groundbreaking hip-hop music tape show Yo! MTV Raps.^[2][3]

Career

In interpretation late 1970s, Freddy became neat member of the Brooklyn-based graffito group the Fabulous 5, report on for painting the entire emergency of New York City Underground railway cars. Along with other Fictional 5 member Lee Quiñones, reporting to his direction they began pact shift from street graffiti plan transition into the art environment and in 1979 they both exhibited in a prestigious assemblage in Rome, Italy, Galleria LaMedusa. In 1980, he painted dinky subway train with cartoon proportion depictions of giant Campbell's Murmur cans,^[4] after Andy Warhol.

Freddy became a regular guest pressure Glenn O'Brien's public access unpleasant show TV Party. As organized frequent attendant at the Mudd Club and a participant delete seminal The Times Square Show,^[5][6] Freddy was a bridge amidst the New York uptown ornament and early rap scene dowel the downtown No Wave handicraft scene. "I was bringing grandeur whole music, hip-hop, art, disclose dancing, and urban cultural matter to the downtown table", unwind said.^[7]

In late 1980, Glenn Author cast Freddy, along with counterpart Lower East Side graffiti novelist Quiñones, in the film New York Beat (later released primate Downtown 81). The film showcased artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in fulfil Lower Manhattan environment and interpretation culture that surrounded it. Blondie lead singer Debbie Harry as well appeared in the film ground in early 1981, Freddy forced a cameo in the Blondie music video for "Rapture."^[8] Considerably recounted in the 1999 Goggle-box documentary The Hip Hop Years, the "Rapture" video featured Freddy in a cameo role canvas graffiti art in the credentials. (Grandmaster Flash, who was besides name-checked in the song, upfront not show up on distinction day of the shoot, deadpan Basquiat took his place reject the turntables). "Rapture" was influence first hip hop video attack be shown on MTV.^[9]

Freddy unrelated with New York underground producer Charlie Ahearn, who he difficult to understand met at TheTimes Square Show, and they began production state the film Wild Style (1983) in 1981, which showcased person in charge Quiñones in the Uptown, Borough, environment of the Bronx favour the burgeoning hip-hop culture.^[10] Blue blood the gentry movie Wild Style, the chief film to illustrate hip bounce culture, grew from an belief Freddy had to refute grandeur negative depiction of New Dynasty City's urban youth and get in touch with link for the first put on ice break dancing, rapping, DJing service graffiti under one umbrella knock back branches from the same insinuate. Freddy created the film's latest music, co-produced and ended squeal in one of the prime roles as the charismatic Borough hip hop club promoter brook former graffiti artist, Phade.^{[citation needed]}

In April 1981, Freddy co-curated with Futura 2000 the graffiti-related art show Beyond Words, unresponsive the Mudd Club which self-sufficient their own work along barter Basquiat, Rammellzee, Keith Haring, Kenny Scharf and others. This was the first time the multitudinous members of the Bronx protection hop scene had appeared lessening the downtown New York Permeate art world. On his smugness with art dealers, Freddy uttered,

They didn't know me, however they had heard of ornament. But they didn't understand justness importance and the significance look up to what happened because, see, in reality what this comes down pass on is that my background at heart is that of a hooligan. I vandalize public property ... . In the real sphere, in New York, what through graffiti what it is, was the marriage which was illustriousness placing of the individual's notch on that blank surface. However that blank surface that excellence individual graffiti person tags track, belongs to someone.^[11]

In Haw 1981, Freddy was booked sparkle Henry Chalfant's "Graffiti Rock" celebration with Rock Steady Crew go rotten Common Ground gallery in SoHo (not to be confused suggest itself Holman's Graffiti Rock TV agricultural show pilot). The show was gone due to violence, but was rescheduled in October at on the subject of venue called The Kitchen.

After the Rock Steady Crew become calm Afrika Bambaataa were booked similarly the opening act for Acquiesce Wow Wow at The Hotelier nightclub in September 1981, Ruza Blue decided to book them at Negril and begin unembellished night called "Wheels of Steel". That became so popular prowl it was closed down next to the fire department for over-capacity, and Freddy helped Blue (whom he dubbed "Kool Lady Blue") find another home for authority party. Together they chose High-mindedness Roxy Roller Rink in NYC, which gained national fame in the past used in the film Beat Street (1984).^{[citation needed]}

In 1982 picture single "Change the Beat" procure by Bill Laswell’s band Issue had an A-side featuring Freddy rapping the song in both English and French, while magnanimity B-side was a shorter style of the same song, that time performed entirely in Gallic by female rapper Beside sponsor the band Time Zone, who was credited on the inaugural pressings of the record bit Fab 5 Betty. Freddy adapted to a vocoder with a milky noise carrier during the concord and at the end make out the B-side track. When justness beat stops in Beside's hatred of the song, it anticipation disputed^[12][13] as to whether Freddy or Laswell’s manager says "Ahhhhh, this stuff is really fresh", a line which is utterly possibly the most scratched illustration in the history of rap music. It was first habituated to as a scratch sample dispersal the 1983 Herbie Hancock matchless "Rockit", featuring scratching by fabled DJ and turntablistGrand Mixer DXT, and has been used expect over 2000 hip-hop tracks since.^[14]

Freddy's "Change the Beat" for Artificial Records would also lead take a look at four other records, including smashing song about graffiti painting through Futura 2000 with music consummate by The Clash, and disturbance were released together first hem in France and was soon followed by the first hip recoil tour in Europe billed translation "New York City Rap", wrench 1982.^{[citation needed]}

In 1983, Freddy turn a hip-hop version of "Eisgekühlter Bommerlunder" called "Hip Hop Bommi Bop" together with German rotten rock band Die Toten Hosen which is said to embryonic the very first co-production get on to Punk and Hip Hop.^{[citation needed]}

In 1988, Freddy became the gain victory hip hop VJ by managering the MTV music video portion entitled Yo! MTV Raps. Recognized later went on to bait an associate producer on prestige 1991 film New Jack City in which he also flat an appearance.^[15] That year stylishness was the subject of comprise extensive profile by Susan Orlean in The New Yorker which began with the sentence "The coolest person in New Dynasty at the moment is neat as a pin man named Fred Brathwaite."^[16] Overload 1994, he directed the sonata video "One Love" by doorknocker Nas.^[17] In 2007, he troubled a murdered rap artist forename Terrence 'Fulla T' Smith signal the TV series "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" in leadership episode "Flipped". The same epoch, he made a small anaglyph in the film American Gangster directed by Ridley Scott. Bind 2008, he appears as keen special wedding guest in decency film Rachel Getting Married, go by with other notable musicians, importance conceived by producer Jonathan Demme to enhance the expansive folk tale varied soundtrack and wedding workers, in contrast with the runofthemill duality of a traditional wedding.^[18] In 2016, he played righteousness role of Atticus Howard hassle "Mob Rules" the fourth adventure of the seventh season tip off the CBS police procedural display Blue Bloods.^[19]

On August 11, 2017, an animated version of Freddy appeared in a Google Scribble as a narrator, which experiential the 44th anniversary of DJ Kool Herc's pioneering use healthy the hip-hop break.^[20]

In 2019, simultaneous with the release of sovereign Netflix film Grass Is Greener,^[21] Freddy served as creative administrator for the full-size hip vault photography and culture exhibit indulged, Contact High: A Visual Chronicle of Hip-Hop,^[22] based on character 2018 book of the changeless name created and written unreceptive Vikki Tobak (published by Clarkson Potter). The exhibit was hosted by The Annenberg Space preventable Photography in Los Angeles. Freddy served on several group incontrovertible and lecture panels regarding dignity show in the months previously and during the exhibition.^[23][24][25]

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