Sean Forbes attends the 2014 NAD Breakthrough Awards Gala presented by the National Association For the Deaf at Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on March 13, 2014 in Hollywood, California. A pair of deaf rappers have been tapped for the gig of a lifetime at this Sunday’s (Feb. 13) Super Bowl LVI at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. Detroit MC Sean Forbes and Washington, D.C.-bred Warren “WaWa” Snipe will be on hand during the face-off between the Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams to perform American Sign Language renditions of the songs in the halftime show from the all-star lineup featuring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar. on “America the Beautiful.”According to the Free Press, Forbes, 40, has a second-hand connection to Eminem; Forbes’ dad was close to some of the people in Em’s business/studio circle and the rapper was a regular at the studio where Slim Shady tracked most of his early work, 54 Sound. “And I want to open the door for other deaf performers.”Check out both rapper’s posts about their history-making big gig below.

Source: Forbes February 08, 2022 00:08 UTC