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Wild Style is a 1983 American hip hop film directed and produced by Charlie Ahearn. Regarded as the first hip hop motion picture, [1] it includes appearances by seminal figures such as Fab Five Freddy, Lee Quiñones, Lady Pink, The Rock Steady Crew, The Cold Crush Brothers, Queen Lisa Lee of Zulu Nation, Grandmaster Flash and ZEPHYR. [2] [3]
Oct 8, 1983 · Wild Style is a film that captures New York's hip-hop culture in 1981, featuring graffiti, break-dancing, rap, and DJing. It follows the story of Zoro, a graffiti artist, and his crew, and features legendary hip-hop pioneers such as Fab 5 Freddy, Grandmaster Flash, and the Cold Crush Brothers.
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- Drama, Music
- Charlie Ahearn
- 1983-10-08
Universally hailed as the first hip-hop movie, "Wild Style" captures New York's hip-hop culture circa 1981 and several prominent figures including Busy Bee Starski; Fab 5 Freddy; the Cold Crush Brothers; and one of the godfathers of hip-hop, Grandmaster Flash.
A graffiti artist struggles to make a name for himself amid New York’s budding hip hop scene and witnesses legendary performances by rap pioneers. Subtitles: English. Starring: Lady Pink Fab Five Freddy Lee George Quinones. Directed by: Charlie Ahearn.
- Charlie Ahearn
- January 1, 1983
- 82 min
Sep 15, 2023 · A film critic praises Wild Style, a 1982 cult classic that captures the spirit and culture of early hip-hop in New York. The film features real-life graffiti writers, breakdancers, and rappers, and shows their art as a form of expression and resistance.
Oct 11, 2013 · Learn how the 1983 film Wild Style captured the four elements of hip-hop in the South Bronx, featuring legends like Fab 5 Freddy, Grandmaster Flash and Lady Pink. Read the stories of the director, actors and artists who made the cult classic.
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Watch the first feature film to capture the birth of hip-hop culture in the Bronx in 1982. See graffiti, break dancing, and rap legends like Fab 5 Freddy, Grandmaster Flash, and Lady Pink.
