Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While his name is synonymous with the dawn of hip-hop cinema, New York artist and filmmaker Charlie Ahearn is finally getting his ...

Hip-hop was still in its infancy when Charlie Ahearn started rolling camera on the likes of Lee Quiñones, Busy Bee, the Rock Steady Crew, the Cold Crush Brothers and Grandmaster Flash. It was the ...

As director of the first hip-hop movie, “Wild Style,” Charlie Ahearn needed a fresh way to brand his indie film to appeal to a world that wasn’t yet hip to the cultural movement, born in the South ...

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While his name is synonymous with the dawn of hip-hop cinema, New York artist and filmmaker Charlie Ahearn is finally getting his due as a visual artist. Woodbury House in London is set to host Ahearn ...

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 ...