![]() ![]() Tell me a little bit about your introduction to music and then specifically rap. Less 1960 or early 70’s hippie, and more like a Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul style! I think I read you kind of referred to yourself as a hippie. So that’s definitely one of the aesthetics that I have as a part of my material. Hip Hop people like Logic, people like The Roots, De La, Tribe, even Kanye, to a degree have just like a certain aura to the music and to what’s going on. I just really look at myself as a student and as a fan of a lot of different genres. In fact, it’s his interest in different genres that inspired his name. Music was a part of that discovery for Question. Inclusion is great, but we also need a chance to find out who we are as an individual. They had that on a minimal scale at a Blind school because they want everybody to be included.īut it’s just different so you know you do be a little bit sheltered if you don’t make a point to step outside of that school for the blind. It’d be a whole lot going on, you know, games and homecoming, and like different organizations, different things where you’d be staying after school clubs and all type of that. It’s a little bit easier to kind of duck off, find your own crowd. The concern that I’m sure many people have in enrolling a Blind child in a mainstream school is what Question found helpful. ![]() I feel like if you go to a blind school, your whole life or a school for the blind, you’re gonna be a little bit sheltered to certain cultural aspects. And then I went to Georgia Academy for the Blind until I graduated. I went to mainstream school really up until eighth grade. And I use a lot of accessible and adaptive technology. And I have like, a little bit of vision in my left eye so I read Braille. Chillin in my home studio just vibing out. ![]() I am a biracial kid with dreadlocks wearing a long sleeve blue shirt and some sweatpants right now. Yo, this is Question man! Artist and producer coming out of East Point, primarily a hip hop, r&b EDM. Today, I’m in my Hip Hop mode so we’re gonna call it what it is, your crew, your squad! Not letting you rest on your strengths alone, but encouraging you to go beyond with all that you have. Today, I hope you all will recognize the additional value and power in individuals who have a shared identity, experience, goals, working together in support of one another. The value of their stories and experiences which include the direct lessons as well as how it expands our own beliefs of what is possible. We often talk about the power of people in that adjustment. If you’ve been rockin’ with Reid My Mind Radio, you’re very familiar with our commitment to those adjusting to blindness. Feeling accomplished as we wrap up this season: Doing Your Thing With Disability. My name is Thomas Reid and I’m the host and producer of this here podcast. We’re back on the scene, crispy and clean and if you’re Hip Hop and from my generation especially, then you know what I mean! –Rhythmic electronic music fades in and becomes louder. –Clip from Yao from Mulan: I’m gonna hit you so hard, it’ll make your ancestors dizzy. Plus, the winner of the Reid My Mind Radio Twitter Giveaway… Congratulations!!! Listen What a perfect way to conclude this inaugural season of 2022 Doing Your Thing With Disability. Like the early Hip Hop producers he admires, Question started making music with the tools he had available to him.Ī student of Hip Hop, he recognized the power of a squad, a team and along with his friends and fellow artists Damasta and Migo Traffic began curating the collective of fellow Blind rappers and producers known as Blind & Famous! He’s been into music ever since he can remember. Question, a young Producer & Rapper from Atlanta, Blind from birth is one such example. The difference may seem minor to some, but if you’re someone who wants to see disability normalized in society then you probably recognize this vast gap. We reached the final episode of the season where we salute and recognize individuals who are pursuing their interests and goals not in spite of their disability but rather with it. ![]()
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