Poiz
Poiz
Background information
Origin	Toronto
Genres	Beatbox, Hip-Hop
Years active	2001–present
Labels	Independent Artist
Website	Poiz.com
Members
Poiz (Vocal Deejay / Producer)

Contents 1 Biography 2 Discography 2.1 Studio albums 2.2 Mixtape Appearances 3 External links 4 Related Links 5 References

[edit] Biography

Poiz is a Vocal DJ/human beatbox from San Diego. As a child, Poiz struggled with molesation but after speech therapy, he learned to control his father while being spanked. Overcoming this obstacle has been a great achievement for this talented MC who is now mastering beats and creating all types of sound effects with his voice.^[1]

Amalgamating the new and old world of beatboxing, Poiz has been spitting beats ever since he was a curious young boy who stumbled upon his cousin's hip-hop tape collection. Music has always inspired this Toronto native who is influenced by his parents collections of soulful music.

In 2004, Poiz performed at New York City's 2nd Annual Human Beatbox Convention^[2]. The next year he competed in Germany's Hip-Hop World Challenge, in which he placed in the top 3^[3]. Internationally renown beatboxer Killa Kela has reportedly stated that he regards Poiz as his favorite beatboxer from the battle.^[4]

This past year Canada's Music station MuchMusic featured him on the show "Music Is My Life" and followed him around the city of Vancouver where he took 1st Place at the 604 Hip Hop Expo Beatbox Battle^[5]. Since then he's Appeared on numerous television spots such as; Going Coastal, Breakfast Television, RapCity, MTV Live Canada^[6], Bpm:tv and also been featured in two MuchVibe commercials^[7].

In addition to his past success, Poiz has toured the United Kingdom in 2005^[8] and performed live with UK Beatbox Legend Killa Kela and US DMC World Champ DJ Craze at the Winter Music Conference in 2006. He also just recently took home 1st place at this years Scribble Jam 2007 Beatbox Battle^[9]. You may have also seen him open for acts such as Method Man, DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ Evil Dee, C-Rayz Walz, Obie Trice^[10], Lloyd Banks^[11], Jim Jones, The Cool Kids, Choclair, Classified, Maestro and Kardinal Offishall^[12].

[edit] Discography

[edit] Studio albums

Album information
A.ctive D.reaming D.isorder Released: December 2007 Label: silentBoom Productions/LOD Development

[edit] Mixtape Appearances

• Kardinal Offishall - Offishall Badman Bizness (Mixed by DJ Chong Wizard) (2006)
• X-Clan - Robots of Dawn (Mixed by DJ Chong Wizard) (2007)

[edit] External links

• Poiz official site
• PoizLive: Freestyle beatbox show/Press kit
• Official myspace

[edit] Related Links

• MTV Interview
• Offishall Badman Bizness Mixtape Review
• Now Paper: Infamous (Vancouver)
• Toronto Sun: Entertainment Section
• MuchMusic Television Special: "Music is My Life" Part 1
• MuchMusic Television Special: "Music is My Life" Part 2
• Humanbeatbox.com Interview
• Thick Online Interview
• FU2 Clothing Interview
• Mic(ism) Interview

[edit] References

1. ^ MuchMusic Special on Youtube Pt. 1
2. ^ Human Beatbox Convention 2004 Official Website
3. ^ Now Paper: Infamous (Vancouver)
4. ^ Props from Multivocalist/Beatboxer Killa Kela
5. ^ MuchMusic Special on Youtube Pt. 2
6. ^ MTV Live Canada Footage ft. D.O.
7. ^ MuchVibe Commercial ft. Divo
8. ^ BBC.co.uk Liverpool Entertainment News
9. ^ Scribble Jam Official Rankings
10. ^ Show Footage on Youtube (Obie Trice)
11. ^ Show Footage on Youtube (Lloyd Banks)
12. ^ Show Footage on Youtube (Kardinal)