Doug E. Fresh

About

Douglas Davis (born September 17, 1966), known professionally as Doug E. Fresh, is a Barbadian-born American rapper, record producer, and beatboxer, 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.
In the early 1980s he formed the Lover Boy Crew with DJs Chill Will and Barry B and later added rapper Slick Rick. Two of their songs “The Show” and “La Di Da Di” are considered early hip hop classics. “La Di Da Di”, in particular, is one of the most sampled songs in music history.

Doug E. Fresh was born in Barbados and also had family roots in Trinidad and Tobago. His grandfather, who lived in Harlem, raised him. In his school’s music program, Fresh played drums / percussion and the trumpet. After the school cut its music department’s budget, Fresh had to return the trumpet.
Fresh became acquainted with rapping when his brother brought home tapes of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five and DJ Hollywood. A neighbourhood rap group called D & D Express had a member known as Teddy D., whose nephews…