Reggie Watts: putting the Afro, beatbox and hip-hop swearing into comedy

The musical stand-up has worked with Ricky Gervais, Louis CK and Conan O'Brien but he'd rather make weird online videos than The Reggie Watts ShowA tall, dishevelled guy with a mountainous Afro starts beatboxing. Using an effects pedal, he loops the rhythm, adds a vocal bassline and loops that too. Over the top, he sings this sweet refrain: "Shit, motherfucker, ass, tits, cunt, cock/ Come on!" It's as good an entry point as any to the world of Reggie Watts: a hip-hop influenced musical comic who...

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