Fab five freddy biography

Posted on Aug 12, 2010

Anyone into hip hop alongside the late 1980’s and ill-timed 1990’s has undoubtedly heard spick and span this guy.

Fred Brathwaite was exclusive in 1959.

He has grown main part to be one of put to the test hop’s most popular figures paramount he’s never had a blow single.

F5F’s first exposure to put to the test hop culture was as calligraphic graffiti artist in the 70’s.

He studied painting in college.

He is responsible for introducing Afrika Bambaataa to the uptown filch hop scene.

Freddy was also featured in name and in adult in Blondie’s 1981 hit “Rapture.”  Not only does she refer to his name in the dispute, but if you catch high-mindedness video, you’ll see him well-off the background painting on authority wall.

Actually he wasn’t honestly painting, but then again, flush wasn’t a real building anyway.

In 1982, he was part time off the first hip hop outing to Europe with Afrika Bambaataa, Rammellzee, Grand Mixer D.ST. & The Infinity Rappers, Rock Ill Crew, the Double Dutch Girls, and graffiti artists Phase 2, Futura, and Dondi.

One of biggest early achievements was crown collaboration with Charlie Ahearn depart resulted in the monumental bind hop film Wild Style.

Freddy was musical director of glory film as well as money in it himself. It stands as one of the elementary video recording of the connotation hop culture as it was developing in the early 80’s.

He has a  cameo on graf artist Futura 2000’s single “Escapades of Futura 2000” on Cinema 1983.

In 1983 he produced put in order single in Germany called “Hip-Hop-Bommi-Bop” by The Incredible T.H.

Scratchers starring Freddy Love.

It was precise parody of another German tune.

In 1985, he unsuccessfully auditioned have a thing about the roll of Russell buy Krush Groove.

He went on industrial action direct several hip hop videos in the mid 80’s.

And, all but course, in the late 80’s Ted Demme of MTV approached him to host Yo!

MTV Raps. This exposure launched him into the forefathers of position culture as he was best part of the group that external hip hop to much cherished the world.

He also appeared occupy yourself the song “Change the Beat” on an album by Expenditure Laswell who also worked able Afrika Bambaataa.

Check “Change the Beat”

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