Guns, cars and lasers were the sounds of one West Kelowna beatboxer91裸聊视频檚 childhood.
Nuge Bird, 22, was featured as part of a Vancouver media company91裸聊视频檚 grant program, which aims to tell stories about fascinating Canadians.
For Bird, beatboxing came as a way for him to escape the violence in his childhood, growing up in a rundown neighbourhood in Saskatchewan.
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Bird91裸聊视频檚 fascination with beatboxing grew after watching an A cappella group while on a school field trip when he was about 12 years old. It inspired Bird to use his voice to distract him from the other challenges he faced in his life, he said.
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Everyone would beatbox to the Truffle Shuffle from the American adventure movie, The Goonies, and he wanted to feel included.
He91裸聊视频檚 been beatboxing for seven and a half years, performing in West Kelowna and Kelowna.
Bird combines beatboxing with bad jokes, acting like a DJ while using his sense of humour to make the show entertaining.
91裸聊视频淧aid performances I will get dressed up in a suit and underneath will be lingerie,91裸聊视频� he laughed.
He91裸聊视频檒l beatbox while dancing, taking his clothes off and reading a raunchy novel; all satirical of course.
Comedy and laughter saved his life, he said.
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He gets his sense of humour from his dad, Donovan Bird.
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91裸聊视频淎s soon as we moved out here to the Okanagan, things started to change for the better, I91裸聊视频檓 really grateful for that man.91裸聊视频�
He also draws on his Indigenous background to create music.
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Bird lives on the Westside with his family, working part-time as a labourer while beatboxing on the side.
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Bird hopes to inspire others through his music.
He beatboxes for the kids at the Okanagan Boys and Girls Club, which they love he said. In 10 years time, he sees himself helping others through music therapy.
91裸聊视频淭hat would be so cool. I want to be a big community advocate. I want people to know that I91裸聊视频檓 here to help,91裸聊视频� Bird said.
Watch Bird perform on Thursdays at L91裸聊视频� Oven Farm Fresh Food in West Kelowna, starting at 6 p.m.
carli.berry@kelownacapnews.com
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