ASL terp steals the show at rap concerts, Holly Maniatty is best known for her sign language interpreting at large festivals for rappers like Snoop Dogg and Eminem.
Maniatty is a certified ASL interpreter from Newport, Vermont and having attended Rochester Institute of Technology also known for a love a music, specifically Rap and Hip Hop, she is incredibly proficient at American Sign Language, despite having only learned it while she attended RIT for the a degree in ASL which helped make her an expert signer for music performances with lots of lyrical content.
Maniatty working it for Snoop and an older performance by The Wu-Tang Clan, she found recognition for rap interpreting at a Killer Mike set at Bonnaroo music festival when Killer Mike saw her and noticed how well ASL works with rap.
Maniatty had been initially employed however as an interpreter for a Marilyn Manson concert in Rochester after all her coworkers passed on the opportunity, eventually opening the door for her to be recruited by a company out of Portland, Maine that specialized in festival ASL interpreting. By this point she was beginning to work with musicians the likes of U2, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Saget, and eventually The Beastie Boys at Bonnaroo in 2009, which lead to her becoming a main-stay interpreter for the rap community.
SOURCE -- Reddit
Articles about ASL terp Holly Maniatty:
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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Local college grad, ASL interpreter Holly Maniatty steals the show at rap concerts.
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