Wild Style

Wild Style

Directed by	Charlie Ahearn
Produced by	Charlie Ahearn
Written by	Charlie Ahearn
Starring	Fab Five Freddy Cold Crush Brothers Rock Steady Crew Grandmaster Flash Busy Bee Grandmixer DST
Distributed by	Rhino
Release date(s)	1982
Running time	82 min.
Language	English
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For other uses, see Wild Style (disambiguation).

Wild Style was the first hip hop motion picture. Released independently in 1982 by First Run Features and later re-released for home video by Rhino Home Video, the movie featured Fab Five Freddy, Lee Quinones, the Rock Steady Crew, The Cold Crush Brothers, Patti Astor, Sandra Fabara and Grandmaster Flash. The Protagonist is the legendary New York graffiti artist "Lee" George Quinones as "Zoro". The film has received a large cult following over the years after its initial release. Highly regarded hip-hop albums such as Illmatic by Nas, Black Sunday by Cypress Hill and Check Your Head by Beastie Boys have featured samples from Wildstyle. Significantly, the MTA allowed director Charlie Ahearn (II) to film in the actual train yards in New York City.

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Military Cut - Grand Wizard Theodore/Kevie Kev Rockwell (Scratch Mix)
MC Battle - Busy Bee/Lil Rodney Cee/DJ Grand Wizard Theodore
Basketball Throwdown - Cold Crush Brothers/Fantastic Freaks
Fantastic Freaks At The Dixie - Fantastic Freaks/ DJ Kevie Kev Rockwell
Subway Theme - DJ Grand Wizard Theodore (Previously Unreleased)
Cold Crush Brothers At The Dixie - Cold Crush Brothers
Cuckoo Clocking - (previously unreleased)
Stoop Rap - Double Trouble
Double Trouble At The Amphitheatre - Double Trouble/DJ Stevie Steve
South Bronx Subway Rap - Grand Master Caz (Original Mix)
Street Rap - Busy Bee (Previously Unreleased)
Chief Rocker Busy Bee, DJ AJ At The Amphitheatre - Busy Bee/ DJ A.J.
Gangbusters - Grand Wizard Theodore/Kevie Kev Rockwell (Scratch Mix)
Rammellzee and Shock Dell At The Amphitheatre - Rammellzee & Shock Dell/The Grand Mixer DST
Down By Law - Fab 5 Freddy (Previously Unreleased)
Wild Style Theme Rap 1 - Grand Master Caz/Chris Stein (Charlie Chase Scratch Mix, Bonus Track)
Wild Style Subway Rap 2 - Grand Master Caz/Chris Stein (Charlie Chase Scratch Mix, Bonus Track)

The Wild Style logo on the film's cover was a massive mural painted on a wall by Zephyr, Revolt and Sharp.[1] The artists used scaffolding to paint the 15-foot tall mural illegally in broad daylight.
The 80's themed video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City features an in-game radio station (and a CD of the station name as part of the sound track) called WildStyle Pirate Radio; which features 80's hip hop.
Rapper MF DOOM has sampled dialogue from WildStyle on several albums.