Fab Five Freddy
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Fab Five Freddy is an American visual artist, filmmaker, and hip-hop pioneer best known for bridging the worlds of graffiti, rap music, and mainstream art and media in the late 1970s and 1980s.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fab Five Freddy canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
filmmaker
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hip hop pioneer ⓘ human ⓘ rapper ⓘ television host ⓘ visual artist ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
1980s
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late 1970s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Fred Fab 5 Freddy Brathwaite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artForm |
film direction
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graffiti ⓘ painting ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| birthName | Fred Brathwaite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | American ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | early New York hip hop artists ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| culturalOrigin | New York hip hop scene ⓘ |
| employer | MTV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
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| fieldOfWork |
film
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hip hop promotion ⓘ music television ⓘ visual arts ⓘ |
| genre | hip hop ⓘ |
| influenced |
integration of graffiti into contemporary art world
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mainstream acceptance of hip hop culture ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| movement |
graffiti art
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hip hop culture ⓘ |
| name | Fab Five Freddy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
appearing in early hip hop films and videos
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being a key figure in New York downtown art and music scenes ⓘ bridging graffiti, rap music, and mainstream art and media ⓘ connecting uptown hip hop with downtown art circles ⓘ helping introduce hip hop to wider television audiences ⓘ |
| notableWork | hosting Yo! MTV Raps ⓘ |
| occupation |
filmmaker
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graffiti artist ⓘ rapper ⓘ television host ⓘ television personality ⓘ visual artist ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
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