How to survive an elimination marathon
The world champs is the only beatbox event with over 100 participants, and even for the biggest fans, the showcase round is a slog.
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The Beatbox Battle World Champs are dead. The Beatbox Battle World Champs have arrived
On the first night of the Beatbox Battle World Championships, Bee Low announces the end of the World Champs as we know them, presents a teaser for the future of the event.
Legends of Box (Repost)
In 2018, the Beatbox Battle World Championship was in a very different state. See what I had to say for the last world champs.
The Beatbox Battle World Championship is no longer the most important beatbox event in the world. Is it still relevant?
With few top-tier competitors, and years of no events ceded to the Grand Beatbox Battle, the world champs aren’t what they once were
On being a grownup in beatbox: a Q&A with World Champion Beatboxer Hobbit
In the age of studio beatboxing, few beatboxers make a living on stage. A longtime stage performer explains how he does it.
At the Busch Beatbox Battle a reminder that everything is local
Standing to the side of the Busch Beatbox Battle, TylaDubya smiled, thinking about how far beatboxing in Virginia had come. “I still manage a Facebook group called Virginia Beatbox,” he said. “There are only like three members.”
Dispatch from the Canadian Beatbox Championships
An informal night with North America's best beatboxers took me into beatboxing's inner sanctum. Plus, thoughts on endless wildcard season.