Namel “Tapwaterz” Norris and Ricardo “Rickfire” Velasquez, the hip-hop artists behind 4 Wheel City, debuted their new single “Mainstream” at a special event at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center in Washington, D.C. on December 10. The event, “Financial Inclusion and Shared Prosperity: the Next Frontier for People with Disabilities,” was organized by the National Disability Institute (NDI), a…
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Your help is needed! Hey just wanted to let you know, we recently launched a KICKSTARTER campaign to make a music video for our theme song and school tour “Welcome To Reality!”. The purpose is to PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE & SPINAL CORD INJURIES DUE TO VIOLENCE AMONGST TODAY’S AT RISK YOUTH! Once it’s done the…
4 Wheel City Presents New Song “Mainstream”
About MAINSTREAM: a new song we made in collaboration with the National Disability Institute to advance greater public understanding of the connection between disability and poverty and promote strategies to increase awareness of the aspirations and dreams of adults across the spectrum of disabilities to advance their economic self-sufficiency, and to promote the message: “I can work, I can dream, I can be…
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…
4 Wheel City Celebrate 25 Years Of ADA, Talk ‘The Movement’ With Revolt (Video)
July 26, 2015 Entertainment Mogal Sean “P Diddy” Combs TV network “REVOLT TV” (The #1 Name in Music), Interviews and World Premieres our music video for “THE MOVEMENT”, in Honor of the 25TH Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act happening today! Shoutout out to #Diddy and #RevoltTV for this opportunity. This is definitely a…
2015 Disability Pride! And The Filming Of “The Movement” Video (07/12/15)
Dear Friends, Come out and join 4 Wheel City at the Disability Pride Parade on July 12th. We will be performing and shooting the video for “The Movement” in association with NYSCIA and the New York City Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities. “The Movement” raises awareness of spinal cord injuray (SCI) and its release…
Tap Waterz Inspires And Drops Knowledge In The Hot Box – DJ Enuff – Hot 97
March 30, 2015 Just because he’s in a wheelchair that doesn’t mean the grind has to stop! Traveling from hospitals, schools and around the country with a special message, 4 Wheel City’s Tap Waterz shares his story in The Hot Boxwith Dj Enuff. Tap kicks things off performing his joint “Since 1999″, a track that…
New Mobility Magazine – 4 Wheel City: Rapping Rehab
July 1, 2014 Published On Newmobility.com In the heart of rural Pennsylvania, in a crowded conference ballroom filled with people of all ages and disability types, a hip-hop group from New York City brought the house down. The group, 4 Wheel City, performed gut-wrenching songs about how they became injured — gun violence — and also…
4 Wheel City At The New York Metro Abilities Expo (New Jersey Convention & Expo Center)
May 2 – 4, 2014 The Inspirational Hip Hop group 4 Wheel City today announced they will be attending the New York Metro area Abilities Expo taking place this weekend May 2-4, 2014. 4 Wheel City will be located at booth #853. Tee Shirts, Wristbands, Copies of their 2 latest Albums, and their latest DVD…
4 Wheel City Perform At 5th Annual Disability Awareness Week
March 24, 2014 James Madison University, one of the most prestigious university’s named after the fourth President of the United States, is host to 4 Wheel City for their 5th Annual Disability Awareness Week. Published On Breezejmu.org: It can often to be difficult to find places that accommodate those who are physically handicapped. While accessibility continues…