eli5: How are beatboxers able to continuously make sounds without apparently needing to breathe?

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eli5: How are beatboxers able to continuously make sounds without apparently needing to breathe?

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With a lot of the beats it’s possible to use your tongue to push or pull air and flop your lips to create sounds, while independently breathing through your nose.

Try it, make a tsk tsk tsk sound and breathe through your nose.