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When did Fab 5 Freddy's first album release?

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Fab 5 Freddy's first album Change The Beat (Single) released in 1982.


Fred Brathwaite, more popularly known as Fab 5 Freddy, is a hip hop pioneer, visual artist and filmmaker. 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. There he met Chris Stein and Debbie Harry. In 1981, courtesy of a... Read More
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