Long before bursting onto the battle rap scene in his late teens, he found himself getting thrown out of math class for beatboxing.

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Composer Anna Meredith, meanwhile, is teaming up with the National Youth Orchestra to create HandsFree, a piece using the percussive skill of beatboxing and clapping.

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Yet he has been clocking up a serious number of gigs, often with just a guitar and an effects box, which he uses to loop beatboxing and vocals.

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