Doug E. Fresh
Doug E. Fresh
Douglas E. Davis, better known by the stage name Doug E. Fresh, is a Barbadian born American rapper, record producer, and beat boxer, also known as the Human Beat Box. The pioneer of 20th-century American beatboxing, Fresh is able to accurately imitate drum machines and various special effects using only his mouth, lips, gums, throat, tongue and a microphone...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth17 September 1966
CountryUnited States of America
uplifting education people
Hip-hop is supposed to uplift and create, to educate people on a larger level and to make a change.
teacher people hip-hop
People can look to me as a teacher, but I consider myself a student of hip-hop.
reality judging people
I've learned how to look at things and not judge them, but respect them and use it in a way that people understand that I respect them, show them love and respect their reality.
uplifting talking people
There's nothing more special than talking in your community, and using your celebrity to uplift people and help them.
powerful father kids
I told my father to stop smoking around the age of two or three years old and he stopped smoking. So the relationship between the kid and the parent is very powerful, and if you give the kid the right information, it can be very useful to the family.
people firsts microphones
When I first started to beatbox on the microphone with the Get Fresh Crew, people were shocked. Some things are just supposed to happen and you have to roll with it.
white people scientology
Scientology is not a White religion. It is not just for White people
talking sound natural
It's like having a conversation. Doing beatbox for me is as natural as talking is for someone else. Sending sound through a certain part of my throat, so that I am accurate every time. It's not like whatever happens happens, this is a focused sound.
exercise differences making-a-difference
Everything is a process... some of our eating habits consist of things we can't change, but if we modify it a little and put some exercise in there, we can really make a difference.
school home years
I was probably like 13 years old, 14. And I used to walk home doing the beatbox from school. That's how I created it. There was no walkmans back then, no iPods, no CDs. There was just me. Back then there was the boom box.
mind fans performing
Everybody's doing it. When I'm performing and I do the Dougie, the fans lose their minds.
heart thinking artist
I think the rebuilding of the city has to start with the spirit first. So the music, the vibe, the connection spiritually with the artists. Everybody out here is the main key. A lot of people are still in a lot of tough situations. My heart still goes out to the people of New Orleans.
kids exercise water
Health has always been an important thing to me. I exercise and try to take care of myself, and drink a lot of water! And I push that to my kids so that they can carry on that same energy.
unique always-trying something-new
I'm always trying to come up with something new and unique. I do a beatbox with a harmonica.