Story: Hip hop

Beatboxing

Beatboxing

Beatboxing – a mix of spoken word, song and vocal percussion – is a part of hip hop music. King Homeboy, the New Zealand beatbox champion for several years, is seen here at work in Wellington’s Cuba Mall, where he performed several times a week.

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Reference: 8 April 2009 (274783.jpg)
Photograph by Kent Blechnyden

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April K. Henderson, 'Hip hop - Origins and arrival', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/43269/beatboxing (accessed 19 March 2024)

Story by April K. Henderson, published 22 Oct 2014