dip hop
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Blend of deaf + hip-hop; coined by artist Warren "Wawa" Snipe in 2005.
Noun[edit]
- (music) a genre and broader subculture combining hip-hop with Deaf culture.
- 2016, Knut Holtsträter, Michael Fischer, Lied und populäre Kultur / Song and Popular Culture 60/61 (2015/2016): Jahrbuch des Zentrums für Populäre Kultur und Musik 60./61. Jahrgang - 2015/2016. Musik und Protest Music and Protest, Waxmann Verlag, →ISBN, page 73:
- Using hip hop as a foundation, dip hop emplys low frequency bass patterns for its beats and sign language for its lyrics, creating a flow between the two that is both visual and tactile.
- 2021 November 30, Marko Kölbl, Fritz Trümpi, Music and Democracy: Participatory Approaches, transcript Verlag, →ISBN:
- Other practitioners of dip hop, particularly grassroots rappers and dip hop groups, perform primarily for Deaf audiences and do not incorporate the use of oral language or bimusical elements.
- 2023 March 31, Iva Nenic, Linda Cimardi, Women's Leadership in Music: Modes, Legacies, Alliances, transcript Verlag, →ISBN, page 89:
- Rather than trying to correct deafness with hearing aids or cochlear implants, the Deaf community embraces new forms of communicating and experimenting with artistic practices. Movements such as Dip-Hop, or Deaf Hip-Hop, were born with the idea of a connection between languages […]