Okayplayer

The Need For Black Sign Language Interpreters In Hip-Hop

This article has been handpicked from the Okayplayer editorial archives and included in our Hip Hop 50 collection as a noteworthy inclusion to the genre's rich and diverse narrative. The article has ...
Yahoo

How this music buff is using hip-hop and ASL to 'break barriers between music and sign language'

Despite being born with severe hearing loss, Matt Maxey, who has used hearing aids since age 2, wasn't introduced to American Sign Language (ASL) until his teens. Fittingly, given the Georgia native's ...
Complex

Breaking Barriers: How Matt Maxey Combines American Sign Language (ASL) and Hip-Hop

My name is Matt Maxey, I'm a 24-year-old deaf man. I can talk and speak with hearing friends, and I can use sign language in silence with my deaf friends, but it wasn't always like that. I grew up in ...
JSTOR Daily

Sampling an Inner DJ with Hip Hop Hopes: (Re)Writing Immigrant Identities for English Language Learners in Classroom Third Spaces

The Radical Teacher, No. 97, Hip-Hop and Critical Pedagogy (Fall 2013), pp. 36-49 (14 pages) This study explores theoretical and pedagogical implications of hip hop culture in (re)negotiating identity ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

Helping Deaf Fans Feel The Music, Too

For most people, attending a concert is all about hearing the sounds of a live performance. But sign language interpreter Holly Maniatty makes... Helping Deaf Fans Feel The Music, Too CELESTE HEADLEE, ...
The New York Times

Hip-Hop, 50 Years Later: Still a Love Language

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, The New York Times asked the poet Mahogany L. Browne to write an ode to the genre using only lyrics. By Emmett Lindner Times Insider explains who we are ...