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Hip-Hop Duo Pushes to Get More Americans with Disabilities into the “Mainstream”

National Disability Institute (NDI) will travel to Capitol Hill to call for a more coordinated effort by the public and private sectors to work together to cut the disability poverty rate in half for the 22 million working-age adults with disabilities in this country by 2025 – the 35th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

We are honored to be joined in this journey by Members of Congress and their staff, thought leaders in the disability, asset development and poverty reduction communities, self-advocates, and our new friends, New York City hip-hop duo Namel “Tapwaterz” Norris and Ricardo “Rickfire” Velasquez of 4WheelCity.

In advance of our December 10th event, “Financial Inclusion and Shared Prosperity – The Next Frontier,” I sat down with the voices and wheels behind the hip-hop duo taking the disability community and music industry by storm with their powerful message and lyrics.

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