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Doug E. Fresh

Doug E. Fresh

Known for: Acting

Born 17/09/1966
Place of birth Bridgetown, Barbados

Douglas Davis (born September 17, 1966) known professionally as Doug E. Fresh, is a Barbados-born American rapper, record producer, and beatboxer, also known as the "Human Beat Box". The pioneer of 20th-century American beatboxing, Fresh is able to accurately imitate drum machines and various special effects using only his mouth, lips, gums, throat, tongue and a microphone. In the early 1980s, he formed the Get Fresh Crew with DJs Chill Will and Barry B and later added rapper Slick Rick. Two of their songs "The Show" and "La Di Da Di" are considered early hip hop classics. "La Di Da Di", in particular, is one of the most sampled songs in music history.

Filmography

Sherri Series ★ 2,7

Sherri

Self - Guest

2022

American Idol Series ★ 5,1

American Idol

Self

2002

All My Children Series ★ 6,4

All My Children

1970

MTV Video Music Awards Series ★ 7,8

MTV Video Music Awards

Self

1984

New York Undercover Series ★ 7,3

New York Undercover

1994

The Bachelorette Series ★ 4,2

The Bachelorette

Self

2003

Explained Series ★ 7,5

Explained

Self (archive footage)

2018

Sean Combs: The Reckoning Series ★ 7,2

Sean Combs: The Reckoning

Self (archive footage)

2025

BET Awards Series ★ 7,7

BET Awards

Self - Performer

2001

Girls Trip Film ★ 6,8

Girls Trip

Doug E. Fresh

2017

I Love the '70s: Volume 2 Series

I Love the '70s: Volume 2

Self

2006

Series ★ 8,2

I Love the '70s

2003

I Love the '80s Strikes Back Series ★ 8,0

I Love the '80s Strikes Back

2003

Tapeheads Film ★ 5,4

Tapeheads

Record Executive

1988

Paid in Full Film ★ 6,8

Paid in Full

Himself

2002

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Film ★ 8,2

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Self (archive footage)

2022

I Love the '90s Series ★ 7,0

I Love the '90s

Self

2004

Brown Sugar Film ★ 6,6

Brown Sugar

Self

2002

Whiteboyz Film ★ 5,4

Whiteboyz

Parking Lot Rapper #1

1999

Beat Street Film ★ 6,8

Beat Street

Himself

1984

Hip Hop Was Born Here Series ★ 3,6

Hip Hop Was Born Here

Self

2025

World's Best Film ★ 6,2

World's Best

Celebrity Judge

2023

Series

I Love Toys

2006

You're Watching Video Music Box Film ★ 6,4

You're Watching Video Music Box

Self (archive footage)

2021

Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap Film ★ 6,7

Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap

Self

2012

A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop Film ★ 9,0

A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop

Self

2023

The Hip Hop Project Film ★ 8,5

The Hip Hop Project

Self

2006

Big Fun in the Big Town Film ★ 5,0

Big Fun in the Big Town

Self

1986

Grass Is Greener Film ★ 6,7

Grass Is Greener

Self

2019

Return of The Mack Film

Return of The Mack

DOOKIE RAIN

2026

Be Inspired: The Life of Heavy D Film

Be Inspired: The Life of Heavy D

Self

2012

Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That! Film ★ 7,2

Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!

Self

2006

Rebels Without a Pause: The Induction Celebration of Public Enemy Film ★ 6,0

Rebels Without a Pause: The Induction Celebration of Public Enemy

Self

2013

Mike Epps: Under Rated & Never Faded Film ★ 6,1

Mike Epps: Under Rated & Never Faded

Himself

2009

Film

Paragraphs I Manifest

Self

Film

Solidarity

Concert Footage

1992

Don of All Dons Film

Don of All Dons

Self

2003

Prince: Beautiful Strange Film

Prince: Beautiful Strange

Self

1998

All Up in the Biz Film ★ 8,5

All Up in the Biz

Self

2023

Luke's Freakfest: Tha Movie Film

Luke's Freakfest: Tha Movie

2002

Let's Get Bizzee Film ★ 10,0

Let's Get Bizzee

Sam Baker

1993

The Beat Don't Stop Film

The Beat Don't Stop

Self

2020

Film ★ 7,0

Breath Control: The History of the Human Beat Box

Himself

2002