Kid Lucky

Terry Lewis, also known by his stage name Kid Lucky, is an American Beatrhymer, Beatboxer, Singer-Songwriter,teacher and activist. He is most famous for inventing the art of "Beatrhyming",^[1] which he defines as "rapping, singing, or performing spoken word while beatboxing simultaniously".^[2]

Early life

Lewis grew up in New York City, and as a child began scat singing and making sounds with his mouth. His desire to become a performer came from watching the music video for Janet Jackson's hit song "Rhythm nation". He began writing plays and spoken word poetry, and was motivated to pursue beatboxing after seeing Doug E. Fresh in the movie Beat Street.^[3]

Career

^[4] Lewis's career took off founding and performing with the first production company in America for beatboxing, Beatboxer Entertainment,^[5] which has promoted some of the biggest names in beatboxing, has been featured on shows such as MTV and Fuse, and has performed in Madison square garden. Lewis is a beatbox mentor who has worked with some of the top names in the beatbox industry, such as Kaila Mullady,^[6] Taylor McFerrin, D-Cross, Masai Electro and Butterscotch.^[7] He is the founder and director of "Beatrhyme Communications", a collective of artists dedicated to promoting his art of beatrhyming, as well as beatboxing and the vocal arts. He was featured in the movie Begin Again, beatboxing alongside Cee Lo Green.^[8] He is the organizer and curator of events such as the American Human Beatbox Festival^[9] and The Hip Hop Subway series.^[10] He is currently being represented as a sound artist by International Fine Arts Consortium.^[11] He is the conductor of Nu-Voices, the first all-vocal orchestra consisting of beatboxers, beatrhymers and vocalists of a wide variety of vocal styles.^[12] He once tried to use beatboxing to communicate with dolphins.^[13]

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