Universally hailed as the first and “best film ever made about hip-hop” (Complex), this cult docu-musical captures the explosion of hip hop culture in New York City before it became the global juggernaut it is today. Shot on location in and around the Bronx in 1982, the film stars real-life graffiti writers, break-dancers, and rappers as themselves, or variations of themselves, including Lee Quinones, Fab Five Freddy, the Rock Steady Crew, The Cold Crush Brothers, Queen Lisa Lee of Zulu Nation, and Grandmaster Flash. With a defiantly DIY aesthetic, and seminal soundtrack that has been sampled from everyone from Nas to De La Soul, Wild Style is an indispensable time capsule that demands to be seen by all generations of hip hop lovers.
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