Sign language interpretation and its talented performers have infiltrated hip-hop in a major way and here, XXL explores how it all works.

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The birth of the art form that became hip-hop is traced back, in music legend, to a party in the South Bronx, some 50 years ago. DJ Kool Herc spun his turntables on August 11, 1973, introducing a ...

Rap and hip-hop sign language is no easy task either for the professional interpreter, with Maniatty spending almost 50-80 hours studying the music before a performance.