Travis Scott’s music gets people so hype that it’s even lit in sign language.

DEAFinitely Dope posted a video of its founder, American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter Matt Maxey, on Thursday signing the lyrics to "Sicko Mode" in front of a classroom full of youngsters.





When you turn on that sicko mode in the classroom with some sign language and it’s ASL 1....



they wasn’t ready 😂 pic.twitter.com/x8AlyCNn8K — DEAFinitely Dope (@deaf_dope) October 18, 2018





With the way Maxey commands the room with his lively interpretation of the song, it’s hard to believe he didn’t start signing until he was 18 years old. The founder of DEAFinitely Dope received his first hearing aid when he was 2, and that enabled him to learn how to speak. When he enrolled in Gallaudet University, the world’s only post-secondary institution for deaf and hard of hearing students, learning to sign was a challenge.

"I never really knew about deaf culture," Maxey told GQ last year. "All I knew was talking. I never signed. And they would always get mad at me; I could talk, and they couldn't. It became kind of a hostile environment.”

The Atlanta native eventually caught on to the language and began posting videos of himself signing to popular hip-hop songs. His interpretation of DMX's "How's It Goin' Down" lit up Reddit, and he linked up with interpreter Kelly Kurdi, with whom he founded DEAFinitely Dope. He started working shows for rapper DRAM and caught the eye of Chance the Rapper. Now, he’s Chano’s preferred interpreter.

As a Black male interpreter, the 30-year-old is an anomaly.

"A lot of interpreters want to interpret hip-hop music, but they don't know the culture. They don't know the slang," Kurdi said. "Matt wants to change the game for interpreters."

She believes he can be a bridge between different cultures.

"What's amazing about Matt is he's not only bilingual, he's bicultural," said Kurdi. "At first he felt too deaf to be hearing and too hearing to be deaf. But now, it's a huge benefit; he's able to, for example, talk to Chance, and there's no lull in the conversation. He's able to talk about different hip-hop artists. He's able to talk about whatever basketball game. And then he can go into the deaf culture, and he can connect with all of them and sign."





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