Sean Forbes is a deaf American hip-hop artist. Sean became deaf from spinal meningitis when he was a few months old. The cause was never officially diagnosed but Sean has said that they had suspected spinal meningitis. Sean's parents bought him a drum set when he was 5 years old and he started writing songs and playing guitar when he was 10. Sean grew up playing music with his siblings. His dad, Scott Forbes, is in a Detroit country-rock band called The Forbes Brothers. Sean's mom is a Pianist. "They played everything from The Rolling stones to The Beatles, all big band music and stuff like that." Sean attended R.I.T./N.T.I.D where he graduated with a bachelors degree in mult-disciplinary studies focusing on management, accounting, and communications. Eminem was one of the first people to actually see one of Forbes' music videos. Sean's long time producer and collaborator is Jake Bass, together they have penned over 100 songs, many of which they perform live. [More at Wikipedia]

February 5th, 1982 in Detroit (Age 42)