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A Father-Daughter Bond Kept Tight By Beatboxing

Ed Cage shared his love for beatboxing with his daughter, Nicole, now 26, while she was in utero. Now, Ed says, beatboxing is part of their language and their connection.
For Ed Cage, 45, and his daughter, Nicole Paris, 26, beatboxing is a way of communicating with each other.

Ed Cage and his daughter, Nicole Paris, share a love of beatboxing. The duo's YouTube beatbox battle went viral in 2015, and since, they've traveled the world performing together.

He got into beatboxing growing up in St. Louis' hip-hop scene in the 1980s.

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