Wild Style

2013 • 82 minutes

About this movie

Available for the first time on digital platforms, WILD STYLE follows the exploits of maverick tagger Zoro (real life graffiti artist Lee Quinones), whose work attracts the attention of an East Village art fancier (Patti Astor) who commissions him to paint the stage for a giant Rapper's Convention. A documentation of the earliest days of hip-hop in the boroughs of New York, everything in WILD STYLE is authentic - the story, style, characters, and most of the actors, are drawn from the community. It features a pantheon of old-school pioneers, including Grandmaster Flash, Busy Bee, The Cold Crush Brothers and more. Now celebrating its 30th Anniversary, WILD STYLE chronicles the influential South Bronx youth culture of the day - before it became globally known - and shows many important hip-hop personalities in their milieu before they went on to reap national acclaim. Chief among these is Fab 5 Freddy, who hosted Yo! MTV Raps from its inception. As vibrant and relevant as ever, WILD STYLE presents the first celluloid vision of hip-hop as a unified culture, linking graffiti, break dancing, DJing, freestyle MCing and the emergence of the hip-hop nation, culminating in one of the greatest hip-hop parties in history.

Ratings and reviews

The first book in hip hop history all the hip hop pioneers pics inside book from the early 80s.in the Bronx...graffiti and break dancing and .DJs and Mc's..it tells you who was in hip hop .in the beginning...the ecstasy garage disco..a book to know about hip-hop history. from DJ Cisco hip hop pioneer

What "wild style" is for lover's & seekers of HipHop is what Jet li's "shaolin temple" for lover's & seekers of authentic kung fu or wushu - it's the real deal - Talon x Williams

'Breakin' was really corny for the layman...but this is THEE definitive true Hip Hop movie encompassing the entirety of this beloved culture.