Masai Electro

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'''Masai Green''' (born March 18, 1970), known professionally as '''Masai Electro''', is an American [[Beatboxing|beatboxer]], [[comedian]], and [[actor]] known for his ability to make realistic and robotic sounds (especially those of a [[vocoder]]) using only his voice<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/features/article/interview-rahzel|title=Interview: Rahzel on the Roots, Björk, and More - ''Slant Magazine'' (2006)|website=Slantmagazine.com|accessdate=May 22, 2018}}</ref>. He appeared in commercials for [[Verizon]] and [[Sprint Corporation|Sprint]].

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==Career==
Green was born and raised in [[Springfield, Massachusetts]]. At the age of nine he discovered his abilities to emulate the character [[Darth Vader]] from [[Star Wars]]. He was also influenced by the synthesizer sounds of [[The Gap Band]] and [[Zapp & Roger]]. His imitation of those electronic sounds and those of a [[vocoder]] inspired his artist name. In the early 1980s he was also influenced by artists like [[Doug E Fresh]] and [[Michael Winslow]]. In 1985 he joined a local rap group called "Def Force" and opened up for artist such as [[Will Smith]], [[Biz Markie]] and [[Stetsasonic]].

In 2001 he performed at BET's "106 & Park" and also created an intro for [[Missy Elliott]] at the [[2001 MTV Video Music Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Introductory track for the ''2001 MTV Video Music Awards''|trans-title=|periodical=|publisher=|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNUIpSEC9UI|deadurl=|format=|accessdate=|archiveurl=|archivedate=|last=|date=|year=|month=|day=|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref>. In 2005 he was picked up by a corporate entertainment group known as Rhythmslam from [[Los Angeles]] and opened up for [[Jermaine Dupri]]. A year later he and four other beatbox artists (among them [[Rahzel]], [[Butterscotch (performer)|Butterscotch]] and [[Click Tha Supah Latin]]) were chosen to promote [[Verizon]]'s new broadband capacity in the first online interactive gaming commercial called ''the Verizon Beatbox Mixer''<ref>{{cite web|title=Commercial for ''the Verizon Beatbox Mixer'' (2006)|trans-title=|periodical=|publisher=|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYNU4_wyby4|deadurl=|format=|accessdate=|archiveurl=|archivedate=|last=|date=|year=|month=|day=|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref>. In 2007 he performed in a TV commercial for [[Sprint Corporation|Sprint]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Commercial for ''Sprint'' (2007)|trans-title=|periodical=|publisher=|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLXLnkdR9P0|deadurl=|format=|accessdate=|archiveurl=|archivedate=|last=|date=|year=|month=|day=|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref>. In 2009 he had a guest appearance on the [[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Masai Electro performs in ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'' (2009)|trans-title=|periodical=|publisher=|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwHb7zVzSPw|deadurl=|format=|accessdate=|archiveurl=|archivedate=|last=|date=|year=|month=|day=|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref>. He also added his voice to the pure beatbox soundtracks of the documentary "[[Beatboxing - The Fifth Element of Hip Hop]]" with [[Kenny Muhammad]], [[Adam Matta]] and others in 2011. Later he appeared in further commercials for [[Virgin Atlantic Airlines]] (2013) and [[Heineken]] (2014).

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|2496924}}

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[[Category:1970 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American male film actors]]
[[Category:African-American comedians]]
[[Category:American comedians]]
[[Category:American male comedians]]
[[Category:American male voice actors]]
[[Category:Male actors from Springfield, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:African-American male actors]]
[[Category:American male television actors]]
[[Category:20th-century American comedians]]
[[Category:21st-century American comedians]]

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