Ask Dilla Anything Thread................

pico rivera wrote: »

whats the usual reaction from a chick when she finds out your deaf?

Depends, some think it cool that they talkin to somebody different, some start patronizing ( I hate that ? ), some get away like they think there's something wrong with being deaf (smdh)

The_Maryvale_Joker wrote: »

remember this song;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJyTsvVfACQ

Nope , but I grew up in the 80s in Motown literally and figuratively --my folks put the radio on full blast goin down the freeways with Motown oldies...I can pretty much almost identified alot of Temptations songs by beat alone, and can sign "My Girl", "Just My Imaganation", "Papa Was Rollingn Stone" from complete memory.

charlie_danger wrote: »

Do you get a lot of jobs discriminating against you because you are deaf?

Sadly yes, this is one the reason the ADA law (Americans with Disablities Act) is in place.

Jesus Jackson wrote: »

Has anybody ever confused your sign language with gang signs? That could be dangerous.

It has happen more frequent than you think, it a way of life literally...there was a recent case in Florida where that exact ? happen to another dude...since I'm from Motown (and currently living 4 hrs. south of ChiTown/2 hrs. north of St. Louis and East St. Louis) ...have to be more mindful of your surroundings...let me put it this way --- imagine you was on The Wire and Chris/Snoop/Omar/Brother Mouzone all were looking for you? --you be trying to play it cool but your eyes constantly quietly moving and your head on a swivel taking a mental note of everything? --that's what it like for me everyday.

Dainty wrote: »

Hi Dilla, I'm Dainty. Do you know how to dance?

I can, but nothing fancy...............but I forgotten some of my latin skils...but I'm currently trying to find some Chi-town stepping groups close to her to teach me how to step. As for fraternity --I used to go to a deaf liberal university in D.C. (where all teachers sign) ..we had a black deaf frat, and we did step the yard (our sponsor was a APA guy who was deaf, but black frats wasn't allowed on campus) ..so we took some of APA's steps and modified it (with the APA's chapter permission from Howard U.)

Ksmart wrote: »

Any upcoming mixtapes/singles/CDs coming out

If I can ever get the enunciation down when rapping , since rappin is different from talking. So right now I'm just focus on ghostwriting...I do try to make some funky basslines when I can with FL10 (nothing fancy, just learning how to make basslines).