Sean Forbes had expected to experience this year’s Super Bowl like usual — in front of a television. And so there Forbes will be Feb. 13 at L.A.’s SoFi Stadium, where he and fellow deaf rapper Warren ...

*This year’s Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show will be one of its kind. A deaf Detroit rapper, Sean Forbes, 40, is designated to perform alongside several big names from the hip hop industry. The ...

In May 2024, a viral claim across social media platforms suggested that the Republic of Congo had produced a deaf rapper who cannot sing, rap or speak. The subject of this claim was MC Baba, an artist ...

The Super Bowl will include a spectacular halftime show, as usual, with some of the biggest names in hip-hop entertaining the masses while championship-contending teams take a break. And for the first ...

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I didn't know that Chance (the Rapper) was backstage watching." After the Bonnaroo show, Chance invited Maxey and DEAFinitely Dope to interpret shows for the rest of his tour. It was an opportunity to ...

“The opportunity of a lifetime” has not been lost on Sean Forbes this week in Los Angeles. The deaf rapper from Royal Oak, who co-founded the Deaf Professional Arts Network (D-Pan) to make music ...

These artists are proof that music is for everyone, regardless of their hearing ability. Many people think that to be a good musician, you need to hear perfectly. But did you know some musicians are ...

Being called a “def” artist in the hip-hop music industry has for three decades been synonymous with being gifted at rhymes or being skilled, uber-talented and downright “cool.” But being a “deaf” rap ...

Growing up in South Bronx, rapper James L. Taylor III was a fan of the Notorious B.I.G. The only problem? Taylor couldn’t hear the music. “I’m no different from them,” said Taylor, who has been ...

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Joseph Gathambiri aspired to be a rapper, even though he had never heard the sound of music. To write his rhymes, the deaf 25-year-old would find instrumentals on You Tube, plug in his earphones and ...