The Roots are a revelation live, since they’re still just about the only hip-hop group that travels with its own band. But when their member Rahzel steps up to do his thing, it becomes even more ...

In the hip-hop world Rahzel has grown up with, such a feat is called beatboxing. From years in his youth spent thrilling to performances by such rap pioneers as Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five ...

The moment he lowered the bill of his baseball cap and held the microphone up to his mouth, there was no doubt that Grammy winning beatbox musician Rahzel was now in the house. From somewhere deep ...

Anyone lucky enough to catch The Roots in concert has had the pleasure of being blown away by Rahzel, the group's human beatbox. With an almost superhuman ability to replicate beats, samples, voices, ...

It has been said there are five elements of hip-hop: graffiti, DJing, emceeing, breakdancing and beatboxing. Rahzel is the world's foremost purveyor of the latter. The beatboxer best known for his ...

Four years removed from his last studio effort, 2004's "Rahzel's Greatest Knockouts," Rahzel is finally completing its follow-up. By John Benson Four years removed from his last studio effort, 2004’s ...

Rahzel knows a thing or two about beatbox sounds, but the performer’s also checking out some acting and environmental projects. The former Roots member brings his hip-hop show to the Fox Theatre on ...

Human beat box wizard and “Godfather of Noyze” Rahzel will lend his voice to the animated hip-hop series, “PlanetRock!,” about an alien who comes to New York to be a hip-hop superstar.Rahzel will play ...

There's nothing more satisfying than witnessing two masters of a particular musical skill in collaboration, be it guitar legends Chet Atkins and Les Paul or jazz drummers Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa… By ...

For Rahzel, beatboxing has always been a part of him. The New York-born musician is one of the acts bringing his sound to the National Folk Festival stage. The 78th National Folk Festival opened its ...

Four years removed from his last studio effort, 2004's "Rahzel's Greatest Knockouts," Rahzel is finally completing its follow-up. Due out this summer on Ipecac Records, "Greatest Knockouts The Album, ...