Castledawson boy’s beat box videos go viral – Photo 1 of 1

A young boy from Castledawson has become an internet sensation after uploading a series of beat boxing videos online. The collection of videos, which feature 12 year-old Ethan Edwards Gallagher, have received hundreds of thousands of views. One video which was uploaded to Facebook by Ethan, who uses the moniker ‘Unfazed Beatboxing Edwards’, has been viewed almost 500,000 times The St Pius X College pupil’s proud mum, Kelly Marie Edwards, says ‘things have been crazy’ since the videos were uploaded. She says her son became withdrawn after he was badly bullied. It was then, while he spent a lot of time in his room, that Kelly Marie said he discovered his talent.

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