For people like me who lack the skills and discipline to learn it, beatboxing is an amazing talent but it seems recently, Korean netizens, U.S. K-Pop fans, and even Vietnamese sites have taken a notice to thebeatboxhitman2.
Recently, Stephen Hemmings, aka thebeatboxhitman2, has been receiving a lot of attention from blogs/sites covering Korean entertainment for his beatbox work on K-Pop songs. It seems even the variety talent program Star King has taken notice of him, and fans can cast their votes to see him on Star King.
From DBSK’s “Mirotic” to new group 2NE1’s “Fire,” and even more recently Girls Generations “Tell Me Your Wish“, the response for his videos have been tremendous.
We were able to get a brief interview with him check it out below.
PS: Tell us a little about yourself.
SH: Well, my name’s Stephen Hemmings. I was born March 29th, 1989 and have been beatboxing for a little bit over 7 years. The first time I heard and saw beatboxing was when I [saw] this commercial on TV by Twix and Rahzel was the one beatboxing, and I found it so cool that I just had to try it. So I learned the basic beats on my own..and began to build upwards from there.
PS: How long you’ve been posting up videos?
SH: I have been making beatbox videos for about 2 years now. I didn’t start it as a whole beatbox remix thing in the beginning. I never did a friendly intro..or even a fancy ending. I was just an ordinary everyday youtuber posting videos on youtube not really expecting many views because I wasn’t as good back then. I’d probably make about 2 videos a month back then and once I became bored with that I decided to do beatbox remixes over American songs and a few videos gave me my boost such as Jordin Sparks‘ “No Air” and Sean Kingston’s “Beautiful Girls“.
PS: What made you choose to do Korean pop songs?
SH:Well I basically listen to anything that is pleasing to the ear, I’m very open to new kinds of music and ideas and I especially love the Korean culture 
.
PS: How has the overall response been?
SH: My overall response has been astounding. I never expected to have so many people view my videos. The first day I had it up before I went to bed I had around 500 views, which was alright. Then I woke up and had over 6,000 views and over 216 youtube emails of saying how amazed they are and that they hope to see me on Star King which I hope comes true ^_^.
PS: Any favorite Korean musicians, actors, etc?
SH: Well, actually I am pretty new to the whole K-Pop scene but from hearing a few artists I so far like Super Junior, Big Bang, Girls Generation, BoA, 2PM, Wondergirls, etc. I never seen any Korean movies yet but I surely plan to .
Check out some of his videos below.
DBSK’s “Mirotic”
2NE1’s “Fire”
Girls Generations “Tell Me Your Wish”
he’s really good. i hope he gets on star king
yeah, me too.
~i love his 2NE1 – “Fire” video!
i really liked DBSK – “Mirotic” video too!
wow thats good. plus first
heyyy i saw a video of him on youtube before.
he’s pretty good
he does have good stuff. tho this isnt new news for me
he’s amazing~~
This guy is SICK. He better be on Star King.
I SEE SPOUNGEBOB
he’s awesome! i subscribed 2 him three weeks ago…but i didn’t kno he was THAT famous…GO STEPHEN! i hope u really do get 2 b on starking
he’s great! he has to get on Star King ! wow!!!
ppl gonna love him in korea.
OMG!! his beatboxing to “It’s You” was sooooooo freaking awesome!!
Good Luck! I will watch for you on Star King. I will also be very jealous of you on Star King meeting so many Kpop stars I love.
Wow its georgeous !
his beatboxing sounds all the same in every video. he is good but he isn’t like a great beatboxer. it gets boring after a while.
DAICHI is infinity times better at beatboxing
How lame and rude to troll someone elses comment board to post your favorite beatboxer. Grow up fanboy! You’re worse than ELF and Cassieopeia combined!
this black guy talked bad about daichi at other site. this is what he said about daichi, “Daichi is basic and I’m not going to waste my time doing his corny ass beatbox style to prove to you how easy it is.”
I’d stop watching Star King if they ever put a jerk like this guy on their shows.
yeah hes way too conceited. i don’t know who he thinks he is
w.e
IF DAICHI IS BASIC, THEN THIS BLACK DUDE IS NOTHING. LOL
wow can u say racist douche bags?
NOONNE FUKING CARES BOUT THAT DAICHI W.E WEIRD JAP NAME
we are freakin listening at the OTHER GUY,BEACAUSE HE ISS BEAT FRIKIN BOXING A KOREAN SONG
SO WHY THE FK WOULD WE CARE BOUT DAICHICHI
wo the hell cRES IF HE WINS (UR OPINION)
ummm all respect to your opinion but I’m not toatally sure if people only like him because he’s african american, but for his talent, I’m both african American and korean and just to say I’m very embarrassed to be part korean today
wow …if daichi is basic then wat is the black guy doing? just putting music onto the backgorund and doing the same thing over and over and thinking hes “pro”?
aright stup.
we get your frkn point
cut this guy some slack my goodness
even if u think hes not that great,
just dont spam the whole page saying
daichi or whatever is so much better
k? k
yeah he’s awesome. And who cares if Daichi is better than him or not. They’re rivals, and the guys have a right to talk smack on each other.
no tey are not rivals ITS NOT LIKE PEOPLE ARE WATCHING DAICHI AND THAT OTHER GUY’S VID AND deciding which one is better.
THEY ARE A GUY FROM JAPAN AND A GUY FROM THE U.S
so wtf
and theyre beatboxers which is like 0.1/10 of the world so wtf people
stop calling him black guy he has a name
yeahh i agree wit u.he does have a name and people calling him black guy is racist.. and its jus likr judging him because of the color of his skin..
you’re kind of being quick to call “racist”. just cuz you call someone “black” doesnt mean its racist..people referr to caucasian people as “white” and no one calls that racist..wtf?! BUT, i understand what you mean, Stephan’s name was mentioned, so yeah some people are being racist.
But, then again..they are “saying” [aka gossiping] that Stephan spoke badly about Daichi…maybe they’re trying to defend him…either way, no one has to go around bashing on other people, for ANY reason.
seriously, it is wat u call RACIST…
so pepol stop calling someone ‘black’ or ‘white’ just becuz of its color…
tsk,tsk,tsk…
exactly my point…atleast i now know im not the only person to think this way.
yeahh ur rite…
oh my gosh! yeah i saw one of his videos! he also did one for Gee-SNSD lol he’s good. someimes i think his beatboxing is like too powerful but overall he
s really good and fun haha
Daichi’s pretty amazing!! But this dude’s not bad either! I hope SH does Fire on Star King. =)
how about the fools on here start calling him ‘guy’ instead of ‘black guy’? you call daichi daichi, but you call stephen ‘black guy’.
your choice of words tells tales about who you are, ignorant beasts.
exactly!
finally…
i thought i was the only one noticing the racism towards african-americans…
how is calling white people and black people being racist when in fact they are those colors? i wouldnt mind if someone called me yellow if they didnt know my name. as a matter of fact ill be proud if they call me yellow guy if they didnt know my name.
but it says his name in the title of the article, how can you not now his name? i like stephen’s remixes to songs. they add an extra umph to already good songs
r u dumb or wat???
learn the slave history and you’ll know wat u r talking about!!!!
stup
try learning the slave history and you’ll know wat u r talking about
but still…writing/saying it there will always be people who call it “racism” and you can’t just call people by their color if you know their name, silly! People say i’m white, and others know im latina, but i don’t consider any of those words to be racist..any way if you really DIDNT read the article and you didn’t know his name, it would have been nicer to say “the african american…” though, i bet that someone would call that racist, too.
Damn, some people just don’t know what true racism is, do they?
it’s not about saying white or black but some it’s the way people say it and the difference in the way they treat the other guy, they call him Daichi by his name and they call stephen “some black guy”
yeah, thats why stup should have sed stephan’s name, or if they didnt read/know his name then they could have addressed him in a nicer way…but seriously?! wtf!? are people that lazy that they dont referr to anyone by their names anymore?
OH WOW REALLLLLLLLY…….
omg ignorant ~_~
U jjust wanna be correct that ur makin urself look stupid..
who are you referring too?
yeah, are you referring to stup? or me, or wow, or anyone else?
who else
stup duh
ok you can go and be proud and all that but i would be hella offended if someone called me yellow
@stup wow you are soooooo ignorant!!!! are u uneducated?? you dont call black people black all the time in their faces when they have names. it is disrespectful for them.
some might get offended , some might not. if u have any respect use their names.
wow and koreans are suppose to be “respectful” and “conservative”… LMAO.
man, so many ignorant people!!
the yellow guy is better then the black guy in my opinion.
WE DONT FUKING CARE BOUT THE YELLOW GUY SO fck off if ur gin keep on bashin n stuff
jap idol w.e
wow, stop trolling
WTF PPL
fighting again,
WE DONT FKN CARE BOUT THAT JAPANESE GUY
were only watching this guy’s bcuz he’s beaboxing korean songs,
WTF WOULD WE CARE BOUT DAICHI ,and that jap language
;_;
“Daichi is basic and I’m not going to waste my time doing his corny ass beatbox style to prove to you how easy it is.”
u dont put people down like tat.
i dont like him for this. just me. he himself is not tat orignal if u ask me. just bboxin to music not too special in my opinion. mayb people here just lik him because hes african american n bbox to korean music.
just my opinion.
well we dont care what u think and if u express ur feelings like that then it’ll affects us too.
OR W.E
not worrth it…..
wow I just realize popseol always have old news
and the comments r mostly people fighting bout stupid people…….
we dont like you… most people here dont like you so SHOO!
stephen has his own opinions and he is entitled to that.
youre opinion is just invalid coz youre being racist aswell. so shoo!! can u do any better? yeah right.
Okay..it looks like my comment earlier spurred this huge racist flame..damnit. I was just saying Popseoul included his name on the article so why not say his name instead of saying “blacl guy” I didnt intend for it to be racist thing but I guess when I brought it up it was gonna happen sooner or later.
On the other hand..Ive seen this guy a couple times on youtube hes good not great. He shouldnt be bashing other people like stup stated above..he also makes stupid and unnecessary comments at the end of his video which is kind of a let down T.t
it’s not your fault, silly! it’s stup’s fault, he/she wrote it, not you…you’re not the only one who pointed it out.
I dont think he/she is a he/she
lool
ahahaha my bad, i didn’t mean it like that. I’m sorry. lmfao! i meant “he/she” as in “he or she” sorry.
no i meant she.he aint human xD
nah jk
unnecessary comments? its his own friggin video. his own channel. he can say whatever he wants to say! wtf u on about? u make a video to say what u wanna say. LMAO!
Just cause he’s black…or (“african-american” if you want to be PC)…is the only reason why people are even bothering to argue.
If he was anything other than “coloured” and had abused Daichi…or any other beat-boxer for that matter…No one would have said anything….But just because he’s black (cause that in itself ALWAYS causes a stir) is the reason why some of you feel the need to boycot….
GROW UP…We all don’t like the same things, and we’re all free to express whether we feel we’re good at something or not.
If STEPHEN feels he has more talents than DAICHI then who are you guys to complain(even if it’s not true) ..Especially when using phrases like: “THIS BLACK GUY”….which F.Y.I..when used in ‘that’ context….is a little racist!!
I’m not totally amazed by his beat boxing.
to me,he’s pretty good,but does’nt give me that “wow i wanna see him on tv and see him beat box to those songs” feel.
hmm after analyzing stephen i think he has multiple personality disorder. just me though.
hmm dunno if its just me but stup looks like he has a grammar problem. stup.. >_> more like stupid. that enough attitude for ya?
LMAO multiple personality disorder? does he even know what that means hahaa!
not so amazing!
i like the dude who auditioned in French idol i think.
“i wouldnt mind if someone called me yellow if they didnt know my name. as a matter of fact ill be proud if they call me yellow guy if they didnt know my name.”
No they need to call you by your name and it is not YELLOW I mean come on people let’s use some damn sense.
“i dont like him for this. just me. he himself is not tat orignal if u ask me. just bboxin to music not too special in my opinion. mayb people here just lik him because hes african american n bbox to korean music.
just my opinion.”
And neither is Daichi so what are you talking about? Also my friend please proofread your statements before you pass out judgment on somebody else.
Koreans are soo freakin racists!
and why the fk do u say that
dude watch ur tongue
ur on a freaking korean website
so unless u wanna get ur ass whoooped but a hell of a lot of ppl here i suggest u watch wat u sayyy
dumbass
and this is not rlya orean website xD
dont worry shea the more koreans react like this, the more theyre just proving that you “might” be right… we’ll see lol!
Great to see another black guy other then myself into the culture but he gets overrated lol..not saying anything but that Daichi kinda funny haha and seems good also. As a black guy I make korean dance video freestyle..well i guess i should make more? I mean he gets noticed for that lol…kinda funny i guess if you can skip to gee gee and fire anyone will take notice…good for him anyway.
I’m black and dont find him really special..and of all the talented blacks that can dance or sing to kpop stuff including me dont get recognized..i guess since i dont do that “popular” korean songs, and we dont get a chance at star king..wtfux up with that?
And he never seen any KOREAN MOVIES..YET he LIKE THE CULTURE..what a poser lol….damn im more korean then him seen 1000929 korean movies..plus he dont know many korean singers it seems just fanboy and fan girl groups.
Then again i guess they get super uber excited seeing us black men do something other then sagg the pants and bling bling.. butplease..what about the black girl singing in korean to gee gee? Star king there!
Oh you’re black eh but and yet you live in my house and know wtf i do and do not watch? lol you crack me up. Just another dumbass that seems to have nothing but go around bashing people
. Good for you..you set a great example for black people
I have to 100% agree with everything you said! I’m African-American as well, I’m a huge k-pop fan, I actually lived in Korea, and whatnot and I can sing in Korean as well.
I too can understand how u feel, because it seems like people jump on anything that’s popular, I don’t really care for idol music, of course most k-pop fans don’t even care to know or listen to the non idol stuff, and of course singing and dancing to popular music is going to get u attention. I said the exact same thing as Pumashock, she’s good but at the same time, you’re getting all that attention for singing idol music, music that is simple and rhythmical, so of course ppl are going to notice you! But as I said before whatever and good luck to him…
To set the record straight for you dumbasses calling me basic. Know why I say Daichi is basic? Because first off he does the outward snare like 98% of other beatboxers out there and did I say I am better than him or I am the king..? um NO so check ya facts dumbass I don’t go around belittling people saying I am better than them. I am saying I am not into his style so if I am too “basic” for you then wtf you on a kpop site for posting a japanese beatboxer for? Hyporcitical dumbass it’s based on skill. Not race
your awesome! LOL love the comment. I lol’d
ahhh its you! haha, i found that cool that you would be on this site.
HAHAH sheeets going on here. LOL how lame.
This guy is awesomeeee
He’s really good and all of you should just stop dissing him.
that guy spams every blog and kpop site
wow Stephen that was GOOD. Hope you you get into Star King. Im gonna watch you in Youtube when it airs, hehe…
and for a moment reading the comments people are so rude and have this kind of “mentality”…and im not liking reading it.
this guy has an attitude problem. no wonder some people diss him.
yep!
stephen is great!! and now hes popular coz hes getting haters! wooot!
ignore them and keep doing wot ya doin!
Ant was here. Wakakoole.
i like what he did for the beginning of genie, but… i watched daichi and i think he is better. I mean stephen doesn’t wow me and honestly shouldn’t be calling other beatboxers basic. And why are people making such a big deal of someone calling him black guy?
It just goes to show tricky that you haven’t watched beatboxing even half as much as I do..if daichi “wows” you then you don’t know half the amount of beatboxers i do..so..basically you are into solo beatboxing covers of him doing unoriginal patterns and styles? then go ahead and only watch him and don’t watch my videos then. Simple
isn’t that kind of mean? you “you haven’t watched beatboxing even half as much as I do” how would you know that?!
“basically you are into solo beatboxing covers of him doing unoriginal patterns and styles? then go ahead and only watch him and don’t watch my videos then. Simple” can you really say he has “unoriginal patterens”? thats kinda mean, don’t you think? thats bad talking Daichi.
“Know why I say Daichi is basic?” go ahead, state your opinions, but that means people are going to state their own opinion about them thinking you are “basic”.
“check ya facts dumbass I don’t go around belittling people saying I am better than them.” you don’t need to say or imply that you are better than someone else, calling people “dumbasses” is bad, too.
“wtf you on a kpop site for posting a japanese beatboxer for? Hyporcitical dumbass it’s based on skill. Not race” why can’t you post a japanese beatboxer on a kpop site? just because it’s a kpop site doesn’t mean that only koreans can be on the site. you’re african-american and he is japanese and you are BOTH on a KPOP site! that seems fair to me.
another ignorant person asking “And why are people making such a big deal of someone calling him black guy?”….rhetorical question!
I dont even know why Black ppl show an interest in asian things, i mean asians are racists, they hate blacks. Their parents and elders teaches the younger ones to hate blacks, they are soo brainwashed by the white society that they actually think like racists whites.
I think since blacks are getting hated on in this post, i think all asians who love hip hop and r&b should stop listening to it, they should stop dancing like blacks, dressing like blacks…and that goes for the kpop artists who seriously copy everything that black artists do.
Now how is that for reverse racism??
Hum, How can I put that politely?
Oh, I can’t , f-u-ck! : How about you STFU an stop saying stupid things?
Since when Asians hate Blacks? Did you make a survey? Some research?
Wow, you’re so intelligent.
Show me one racist comment here and I will believe you.
Stop resorting to some asians stereotypes (like asians like whites, are brainswashed) and go educate yourself please.
“dancing like blacks, dressing like blacks…”, oh yeah another stereotype about blacks.
What do you mean by dancing like blacks? Dressing like them? This is total non sense.
You’re so ignorant.
lol, wow.. so many arguements. Shouldn’t we just stick to them both being extremely talented? Not many people can beat box and everything. Some like Daichi better and some like Stephen better. It’s like some people liking Wondergirls better and some people liking Girls Generation better. They do the same thing, but sound different.
dooode
i freakin love this guy!! he’s amazingg!!!
GAHH!
black guys r cool..but yeh stephen doesn’t give the
wow!! i want to c more of his beatboxin and on TV kind.
just me though.