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Signmark
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' (born 26 June 1978), professionally known as Signmark', is a deaf Finnish rapper. He describes his music as being party hip-hop that takes a stand. Born into a signing family, Vuoriheimo feels that society should not treat the deaf as disabled people but as a linguistic minority with their own culture and history.
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Film & TV
Helsinki, Finland
Known for
- Tanssii tähtien kanssa2006
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Finland
- Active from
- 1978
Discography
- Smells Like Victory2009
- Against the Wall2010
- Breaking the Rules2010
- Fighting2014
- Signmark2014
- Silent Shout2014
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3,574
- Total plays
- 40,664
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Marko "Signmark" Vuoriheimo is a deaf Finnish rap artist. Born into a signing family, Vuoriheimo feels that society should not treat the deaf as handicapped people but as a linguistic minority with their own culture and history. Although Vuoriheimo started creating his own music only in 2004, he has signed poetry and music since he was a child. When performing, he rhymes signs by ensuring that they have the same types of hand forms and signs. Expressions support his signs and improvisation is a
Key facts
- Musical artist <! For individuals; see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians >.name
- Signmark
- Musical artist <! For individuals; see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians >.image
- Signmark.jpg
- Musical artist <! For individuals; see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians >.caption
- Signmark performing at the Night of the Arts festival 2009 in Helsinki
- Musical artist <! For individuals; see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians >.background
- solo_singer
- Musical artist <! For individuals; see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians >.birth_name
- Marko Vilhelm Vuoriheimo
- Musical artist <! For individuals; see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians >.origin
- Helsinki, Finland
- Musical artist <! For individuals; see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians >.instrument
- Vocals
- Musical artist <! For individuals; see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians >.genre
- Hip hop
- Musical artist <! For individuals; see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians >.years_active
- 2004–present
- Musical artist <! For individuals; see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians >.label
- Warner
- Musical artist <! For individuals; see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians >.associated_acts
- MC mahtotapa, DJ sulava
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Finland
- Place of birth
- Helsinki
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- International Sign
- Native language
- Finnish Sign Language
- Genre
- hip-hop
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Warner Music Group
- Official website
- www.signmarkproductions.com/signmark
- Image
- Signmark.jpg
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1978-06-26
- pseudonym
- Signmark
- start of work period
- 2004-00-00
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiForHumanRights 2019
- social media followers
- 7140
- Commons category
- Signmark
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Filmography
- Discography
- References
- External links
' (born 26 June 1978), professionally known as Signmark', is a deaf Finnish rapper. He describes his music as being party hip-hop that takes a stand. Born into a signing family, Vuoriheimo feels that society should not treat the deaf as disabled people but as a linguistic minority with their own culture and history.
==Biography== Signmark was born in Helsinki. Although it was only in 2004 that Vuoriheimo started creating his own music, he has signed poetry and music since he was a child. Christmas carols were some of the first music he learned to sign. When performing, he rhymes signs by ensuring that they have the same types of hand forms and signs. The bass line is important for him, as it helps him follow the music and time his rhymes. His facial expressions reinforce the signs, while improvisation is an essential part of the overall package.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Signmark” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.