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Doug E. Fresh

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Doug E. Fresh's remix of DJ Kool's "Let Me Clear My Throat"

So far, this has already been a pretty good year for hip-hop lovers in the Queen City. Now it’s time to turn back the clock. On Friday, Hip-Hop Hall of Fame Inductee Doug E. Fresh performs at the Town Ballroom as the first performer in the “Celebrity City: Let’s Take It Back To The Old School” series. The Barbados-born Fresh, née Doug E. Davis, is known as the father of beatboxing, the art of imitating drum sounds to form a beat—the backbone of hip-hop. Breaking into the scene in the early 1980s as part of the rap trio Treacherous Three, Fresh has worked with everyone from Kool Moe Dee to Slick Rick. Recently, Fresh has collaborated with such notable hip-hop personalities as Nas and Ludacris. However, hip-hoppers aren’t the only people that can enjoy this fun form of vocal percussion, as it’s been a time-honored school lunchroom tradition. It’s pretty much guaranteed that you’ll be in awe of what Fresh can do and leave the show “boom”-ing and “chick”-ing.

Friday, March 24 at 10pm. Town Ballroom, 681 Main St. (852-3900). $20.