Warren Snipe

Warren Snipe, who uses the stage name WAWA, is a deaf writer, rapper and performer. He was featured in the R&B artist Maxwell's "Fingers Crossed" lyric video and completed an album called "Deaf: So What.”[1] He graduated from Gallaudet University in 1994 and was a founding member of the Wild Zappers[2], an all-male deaf dance company.[3] He has worked with The National Deaf Dance Company and has been featured on television and in music videos as a dancer.[4] He has labeled his genre as "Dip Hop," which means Hip Hop through deaf eyes.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Warren Snipe a.k.a. WaWa". Clear Sounds. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "The Wild Zappers". Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Snipe, Warren Wesley "WaWa"". Gallaudet. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "The Wild Zappers". The Kennedy Center. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "Warren "Wawa" Snipe". Deaf Newspaper. Retrieved 4 June 2018.


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