A coworker and I have been writing raps about Starbucks just for fun, and reading about rapping today I found out about a deaf rapper from Finland who goes by the name of Signmark. Marko Vuoriheimo is a 32 year old native of Helsinki who was born into a signing family. He believes that the deaf community should not be seen as a disabled one, but rather a linguistic minority with their own culture and history. Apparently he has signed poetry and music since he was a child, although he didn't start creating his own music until 2004. He rhymes his signs by making sure they have the same sort of hand form, and the bass line helps him follow the music and time his rhymes. He starts by using giant headphones to "listen" to music made by a friend where he concentrates on the rhythm of the bass to get the flow to rhyme his words and signs.
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