TEDYouth 2015
Nicole Paris and Ed Cage: A beatboxing lesson from a father-daughter duo
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Nicole Paris was raised to be a beatboxer -- when she was young, her father, Ed Cage, used to beatbox her to sleep at night. Now the duo is known for their beatbox battles and jam sessions, which mix classic rap beats with electronic dance sounds. Prepare yourself for a bit of a hip-hop history lesson, and enjoy the show.
Nicole Paris and Ed Cage - Beatboxers
Father-daughter beatboxing duo Nicole Paris and Ed Cage mix beats across generations. Full bio
Father-daughter beatboxing duo Nicole Paris and Ed Cage mix beats across generations. Full bio
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00:12
Nicole Paris: TEDYouth, make some noise!
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Nicole Paris: TEDYouth, fatevi sentire!
00:14
(Beatboxing)
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(Beatbox)
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TEDYouth, make some --
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TEDYouth, fate...
00:18
(Beatboxing)
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(Beatbox)
00:40
(Beatboxing ends)
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(Fine beatbox)
00:43
Are you ready?
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Siete pronti?
00:44
(Cheers and applause)
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(Urla e applausi)
00:45
Are you ready?
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Siete pronti?
00:47
Ed Cage: Yeah, yeah, yeah!
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Ed Cage: Sì, sì, sì!
00:49
(Beatboxing)
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(Beatbox)
00:55
(Laughter)
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(Risate)
00:57
EC: Y'all like that? Let me show you
how we used to do it --
how we used to do it --
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EC: Vi piace? Ecco come facevamo...
01:00
NP: Get it pops, go ahead.
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NP: Sì papà, andiamo!
01:01
EC: ... when I was growing up in the '90s.
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EC: ...quando eravamo negli anni '90.
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(Beatboxing)
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(Beatbox)
01:09
(Beatboxing ends)
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(Fine beatbox)
01:12
(Laughter)
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(Risate)
01:14
(Beatboxing)
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(Beatbox)
01:27
NP: Pops, pops, pops, pops, pops, pops,
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NP: Papi, papi, papi, papi, papi, papi,
01:29
hold up, hold up, hold up, hold up!
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fermo, fermo, fermo, fermo!
01:31
Oh my God.
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Oddio!
01:34
OK, he's trying to battle me.
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Ok, mi sta sfidando!
01:35
Hold on, right now, hold on.
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Fermi, fermi.
01:37
Do you remember when you used
to beatbox me to sleep?
to beatbox me to sleep?
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Ti ricordi quando facevi
il beatbox per farmi dormire?
il beatbox per farmi dormire?
01:41
EC: Yeah, yeah, I remember.
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EC: Sì, sì, mi ricordo.
01:43
That's when she was a little baby.
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Era piccolina.
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We would do something like this.
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Facevamo cose del genere...
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(Beatboxing)
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(Beatbox)
01:56
NP: I remember that.
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NP: Me la ricordo questa!
01:57
(Beatboxing)
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(Beatbox)
02:08
NP: All right, pops, pops, pops,
chill out, chill out.
chill out, chill out.
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NP: Ok papi, papi, papi, fermo, fermo.
02:10
Hold up, hold up, hold up.
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Aspetta, aspetta.
02:12
EC: Y'all remember the video.
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EC: Vi ricordate il video.
02:13
This is like a little payback or something
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Questa è la rivincita verso i
02:15
for 50 million people
calling me the loser.
calling me the loser.
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50 milioni di persone
che mi hanno detto "perdente".
che mi hanno detto "perdente".
02:18
NP: Hold up, hold up.
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NP: Aspetta, aspetta..
02:19
But a lot of people out there don't
really know what beatboxing is,
really know what beatboxing is,
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Molti di loro non sanno cos'è il beatbox,
02:23
where it started from.
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dov'è iniziato.
02:24
EC: Right, right.
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EC: Vero, vero.
02:25
NP: Where it came from.
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NP: Com'è iniziato.
02:26
So why don't you give
them a little history --
them a little history --
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E allora perché non fai
una lezioncina di storia,
una lezioncina di storia,
02:29
just a tickle -- a bit of history
of where it comes from.
of where it comes from.
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solo un pochino--un po' di storia,
sulle origini.
sulle origini.
02:32
EC: Beatbox started here in New York.
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EC: Il beatbox è nato qui a New York.
02:33
(Cheers)
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(Ovazione)
02:35
That's right, that's right.
New York, New York!
New York, New York!
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Sì, sì. New York, New York.
02:38
Everybody like, "Yeah!"
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Tutti contenti!
02:40
Well, we from St. Louis.
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Beh. noi veniamo da St. Louis.
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(Laughter)
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(Risate)
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NP: Now you can put y'all hands down.
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NP: Potete tirare giù le mani adesso.
02:44
(Laughter)
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(Risate)
02:46
EC: But beatbox started here in New York.
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EC: Ma il beatbox è nato qui a New York.
02:48
What you would have is that,
when we would go to parties,
when we would go to parties,
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Succedeva che, quando
si andava alle feste,
si andava alle feste,
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you would have the DJ
and you would have the rapper.
and you would have the rapper.
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c'era il DJ e c'era il rapper.
02:53
But because I don't have
electricity coming out of me,
electricity coming out of me,
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Ma visto che non ho
l'elettricità che esce dal corpo,
l'elettricità che esce dal corpo,
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we had to emulate
what the beats was doing.
what the beats was doing.
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dovevamo simulare il beat.
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So when you would see the beatboxer,
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E quindi c'eravamo noi beatboxer,
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you would see us over to the side.
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messi in un angolo.
03:03
Then you would see a rapper,
and when the rapper began to rap,
and when the rapper began to rap,
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E poi c'era il rapper e
quando iniziava a rappare,
quando iniziava a rappare,
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we would do a simple beat,
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facevamo un beat semplice,
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because back then the beats were simple --
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perché i beat erano semplici a quel tempo,
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(Beatboxing)
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(Beatbox)
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or --
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oppure--
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(Beatboxing)
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Those were simple beats.
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Questi erano beat semplici.
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But now, you got folks that want
to do all type of stuff
to do all type of stuff
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Ma oggi, c'è gente che vuole fare di tutto
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with their beats now,
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con i beat,
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and they want to humiliate their father,
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e vogliono umiliare il proprio padre,
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which is not right when you want
to humiliate the person
to humiliate the person
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e non è una cosa buona,
umiliare quella persona
umiliare quella persona
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that take care of you, pay
all your tuition, (Nicole laughs)
all your tuition, (Nicole laughs)
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che si prende cura di te,
paga l'università, (Nicole ride)
paga l'università, (Nicole ride)
03:38
especially when you have 50 million people
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specialmente quando ci sono
50 milioni di persone
50 milioni di persone
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that just go around
and call you "the loser."
and call you "the loser."
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che vanno in giro a chiamarti "perdente".
03:42
Well, I'm taking that to heart.
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Beh, me la lego al dito.
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But now we do something
different in our house,
different in our house,
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Ma noi facciamo qualcosa di diverso,
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so we have these jam sessions,
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facciamo delle sessioni dal vivo,
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and our jam sessions consist
of us jamming in church.
of us jamming in church.
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e le facciamo in chiesa.
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You know, in church,
we'll look at each other like,
we'll look at each other like,
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Sapete, in chiesa, ci guardiamo e---
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(Beatboxing)
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(Beatbox)
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(Laughter)
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(Risate)
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and we'll text the beat to each other.
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il beat ce lo mandiamo per messaggio.
04:00
Or we'll be in the kitchen cooking,
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Oppure siamo in cucina,
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road trips, airports.
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in viaggio, in aeroporto.
04:04
NP: Standing right there in the corner,
"Aw, Dad -- listen to that."
"Aw, Dad -- listen to that."
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NP: Lì in un angolino,
"Ehi papà, ascolta!"
"Ehi papà, ascolta!"
04:07
(Beatboxing)
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(Beatbox)
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Naw, I'm kidding. But you know what?
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Dai, scherzo. Ma sapete una cosa?
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We're talking all about this
jam session and everything.
jam session and everything.
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Vi stiamo raccontando dei nostri live.
04:15
EC: Yeah.
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EC: Sì.
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NP: Why don't we give them a little peek,
just a tiny bit of our jam session?
just a tiny bit of our jam session?
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NP: Perché non gli diamo un assaggio,
solo un pezzettino?
solo un pezzettino?
04:20
NP: Y'all want to hear some jam session?
EC: Y'all ready for a jam session?
EC: Y'all ready for a jam session?
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NP: Volete sentirlo?
EC: Siete pronti per una jam session?
EC: Siete pronti per una jam session?
04:24
(Cheers)
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(Ovazione)
04:25
NP: Sorry? I can't hear you.
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NP: Come? Non vi sento!
04:26
(Cheers)
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(Ovazione)
04:27
Yeah! Kick it, pops!
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Sì, dacci dentro papà!
04:28
(Beatboxing)
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(Beatbox)
05:30
(Applause)
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(Applausi)
05:33
(Beatboxing)
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(Beatbox)
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(Beatboxing ends)
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(Fine beatbox)
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(Applause)
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(Applausi)
06:09
NP: I'm getting ready to go!
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NP: Mi sto solo scaldando!
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EC: Y'all ready? Everybody stand up!
Come on, everybody stand up!
Come on, everybody stand up!
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EC: Siete pronti? Tutti in piedi!
Dai, tutti in piedi!
Dai, tutti in piedi!
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Get on up! Come on, stretch!
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Alzatevi! Dai, parti!
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(Beatboxing)
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(Beatbox)
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(Beatboxing ends)
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(Fine beatbox)
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NP: That's it.
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NP: Ecco qui.
06:49
(Cheers and applause)
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(Ovazione e applausi)
06:53
Thank you! Make some noise!
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Grazie! Fatevi sentire!
06:54
EG: Thank you, everybody!
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EG: Grazie a tutti!
06:55
NP: Make some noise! Make some noise!
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NP: Fatevi sentire, fate rumore!
06:57
Thank you!
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Grazie!
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nicole Paris and Ed Cage - BeatboxersFather-daughter beatboxing duo Nicole Paris and Ed Cage mix beats across generations.
Why you should listen
Nicole Paris, a beatbox artist and musician, gained notoriety and millions of fans when a YouTube battle against her mentor and father, Ed Cage, went viral within hours of its release.
Mixing current EDM (electronic dance music) sound, vibrant energy and passion to create new and unique beats, her freestyle instantly garnered worldwide acclaim and interest. Sparring live on ABC’s Good Morning America and the CBS Late, Late Show with James Corden, she was crowned the new face of beatbox by popular vote with Doug E. Fresh, Rahzel and other well-known beatboxers, hailing her natural talent.
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