Barring
occasional crazy behavior, hip hop has yet to
have a major rapper deemed "handicapped." Blind
emcee, ironically named SuperVision, aims to change all
that with his debut album, 20/20 on Capitol Records. At
8 years-old, SuperVision (aka Damin Bordenave) lost his
eye sight after contracting pink eye, a normally curable
eye ailment. However, when the pink eye matured into glaucoma,
SuperVision underwent a series of operations that were unable
to prevent his subsequent blindness.
A few years
after losing his sight, a 12 year-old Damin recorded his
first demo and a 4-song EP, Blind Styles, at 14. Under the
moniker SuperVision, he rhymed in the Sprite MC Battle,
on the World Famous syndicated Wake-Up Radio Show, opened
innumerable concerts and even battled Eminem in the Rap
Olympics.
With hip-hop,
SuperVision aims to take his craft to the next level and
follow in the footsteps of pioneers who share his blindness.
"I’m the blind wonder of hip-hop just as Stevie
Wonder is the blind wonder of R&B and Ray Charles is
the blind wonder of the blues," he said. In honor,
he recorded "Supervison," a cover of Stevie’s
classic jam "Superstitious." Currently, 20/20
has a release date of August 28 and will perform on the
"Seagrams Hip-Hop Tour 2001" with Mystikal, Jaheim
and Jagged Edge.