Dr. Dre has personally brought in two deaf rappers, Sean Forbes and Warren “WaWa” Snipe, to share the stage on February 13th’s big halftime performance.
The two artists will be joining Dre, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, and Kendrick Lamar, making it the first time sign language interpreters will be included in the halftime show’s long history.
“The doors to accessibility are busted wide open with something like this,” Forbes said of the announcement. “So this is very much a full-circle moment, being from Detroit, being part of the Eminem camp –– or even going back to being 12 and listening to N.W.A, Dre, and Snoop on my Walkman…My goal is to get out there, show what we can do, and have fun. And I want to open the door for other deaf performers.”
Snipe will actually be returning to NFL’s biggest game of the year, as he served as an interpreter during Jazmine Sullivan’s performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner” and Eric Church’s performance of “America the Beautiful” at the 2021 contest between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs.
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