August 31: Fab 5 Freddy Was Born. (1959)

August, 1959 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, Fred “Fab 5 Freddy” Brathwaite was born. Fab 5 Freddy would grow up to: (1) become a graffiti artist, (2) produce the movie Wild Style, (3) be name dropped in Blondie’s Rapture, (4) produce, (5) direct music videos such as Nas’ #OneLove, (6) become a filmmaker and (7) host Yo MTV Raps

ABOVE: Fab. 5 Freddy & 2pac
ABOVE: Fab 5 Freddy Freestyle

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