A world first hip-hop music video features two non-verbal artists who have used technology to rap their song.
The hip-hop music video ‘This Is My World’, was composed by seven members of Speak Up Hunter, a local peer support group run for and by people with intellectual disability, in Newcastle, New South Wales.
Two of the non-verbal artists, The King (Robert King) and MC Jaco (Jacob Hughes) featured in the song input their lyrics into a computer program that ‘rapped’ them back for them.
A world first hip-hop music video features two non-verbal artists who have used technology to rap their song
The hip-hop music video ‘This Is My World’, was composed by members of Speak Up Hunter, a local peer support group run for and by people with intellectual disability, in Newcastle
The members of Speak Up Hunter, got together and crafted a message that they wanted to be conveyed to the community
Two of the non-verbal artists, The King (Robert King) and MC Jaco (Jacob Hughes) (pictured) featured in the song wrote their verses that was programmed into a device that spoke the lyrics
One of the hip-pop artist MC Leo (Leigh Creighton) (pictured) said in an official statement: ‘we wanted to get together and do something different
The members of Speak Up Hunter, got together and crafted a message that they wanted to be conveyed to the community.
One of the hip-hop artist MC Leo (Leigh Creighton) said in an official statement: ‘we wanted to get together and do something different.
‘We didn’t want to make just another film. We wanted to use hip-hop to talk about inclusion. It’s about knowing we are important and that we matter.
‘It’s about being part of My World,’ he said.
Each of the artists wrote several lines about themselves and their lives for the music video.
Speak Up Hunter is supported by Community Disability Alliance Hunter (CDAH) and its peer worker Catherine Mahoney said the release of the song ‘could be a world first’.
Each of the artists wrote several lines about themselves and their lives. Speak Up member Jessica Storey aka MC Ica (pictured) wrote her lyrics about her love of horse riding
The chorus and lyrics was a collaborative effort between the Speak Up Hunter members and Shane Tunz,(pictured) an award-winning youth worker.
‘We aren’t aware of any other local music videos featuring people with intellectual disability,’ Ms Mahoney told ABC.
The chorus and lyrics was a collaborative effort between the Speak Up Hunter members and Shane Tunz, an award-winning youth worker.
‘Hip-hop is just a vehicle that, when supported, can guide anyone…especially this group of young people that are always creative and willing to go forward anyway,’ Tunz said.