Wild Style: The Sampler
In the summer of 1980, Charlie Ahearn began working with Fred Brathwaite and Lee Quinones on the hip hop classic Wild Style, which he wrote and directed and was first screened in 1982. After producing a number of videos on artists, Ahearn wrote and directed his next feature film, Fear of Fiction, in 2000. Ahearn coauthored YES YES Y’ALL: THE EXPERIENCE MUSIC PROJECT ORAL HISTORY OF HIP-HOP’S FIRST DECADE (Da Capo Press, 2002) with Jim Fricke, which featured more than 100 photographs, many by Ahearn. Currently hosting a weekly Internet radio show on WPS1.org called Yes Yes Y’all, Ahearn lives and works in New York.