On the screen, a grainy MRI scan of a human mouth shows a tongue, leaping and curling as a sound like a snare drum rings out. This is a beatboxer in action—viewed from a new perspective: inside her ...

You might think that beatboxing, with its harsh, high-energy percussive sounds, would be harder on the voice than the sweet song of a soprano. But according to new research by voice expert Dr. H.

Beatboxing is performed using helium to produce unique sounds.

The art of beatboxing is unparalleled – intricate layers of booms and clicks produced by a single person’s mouth in ways that seem almost super-human. Watching a great beatboxer turn out a series of ...

On the hip-hop scene, “beatboxing” — the term for the art of creating rhythms and sound effects with the human voice — has taken a back seat to rapping, DJing, emceeing, break dancing and graffiti art ...

Doug E. Fresh (shown above, performing at the Legends of Hip Hop Tour in February 2011) was a beatboxing pioneer in the 1980s. © Briana E. Heard/Corbis It is always ...

Nate Ball, an MIT-trained mechanical engineer, wants to find out how things work – even when they’re inside his throat. A two-time NCAA All-American pole-vaulter, former host of a PBS show, ...

Orangutans can make two separate sounds simultaneously, much like songbirds or human beatboxers, according to a study led by the University of Warwick. The paper, "Wild orangutans can simultaneously ...

Vocals, visuals, aegyo, dancing, impersonations… there are many talents that come in handy when you’re a K-pop idol. But one that is rare and often overlooked is the ability to beatbox. After all, ...

According to new research by a voice expert, beatboxing may actually be gentler on injury-prone vocal cords. You might think that beatboxing, with its harsh, high-energy percussive sounds, would be ...