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Is chris, but, like me, saying his name isnt easy. id rather say heath than my christian name. cos heath is easy to say. "heath," i canjust say. heath, heath, heath. when "christopher," i can say it now, but it always used be so much harder to say, so much harder. he started listening to rap music at school and was amazed to find that when he rapped, he never stammered. # i didnt choose rap, bro # understand the game chose me # and thats the realest thing...# my brother picked me up from my spee...

When i was in primary school, it wasnt as bad in primary school, ithink, cos, like, youre too young for kids to really pick on you that bad in primary school. it was always a thing, there was always... our mates were like, "heaths got a stutter, thats just heath." people laugh, stuff like that. but it is what it is back then. but i think when i went to, like, secondary school, it was dreadful, actually dreadful. like, i was overweight and that, and when i think back to it, being picked on for be...

..or theyre dismissive, or theyre not as understanding. i want joe biden to win. cheering. hang on. applause. heres why. hes a person who stutters. cheering. thats the only reason why. laughter. its not often you hear presidentjoe biden stammer, but he does. this isnt about... theres a reason why hes br...bringing up all this malarkey. he has spent his whole life mastering techniques to control his speech. but for him, its no laughing matter. you know, think about it. stutter is the only thing p...

Stutter is the only thing people think they can laugh at. if i were standing up here talking about having a cleft palate, and how i had that operated on, or i had a withered arm... ..or i was partially paralysed... ..no—one would make fun of it at all, but think about it. stuttering is the only thing that good people think its still ok to laugh about. and those of you who are stutterers, remember how it feels. remember how it feels. it drags you down in that empty hole in your chest. that feel...

Anything about my stutter. # like my mind was a prison, i was stuck in a tower # you see, bullies used to laugh # every time i used to speak # i used to s—s—stutter, man, it made me feel so weak # its funny now cos when they see me # up in the streets # they be like, yo, big heath, yo, # whats happenin�*, my g?# his real name is chris, but, like me, saying his name isnt easy. id rather say heath than my christian name. cos heath is easy to say. "heath," i canjust say. heath, heath, heath. ...

Say what i wanted to say. obviously, i wouldnt go into a class and rap what i wanted to say, but the same way you rap, you take your breath control, you pause, the way you flow on a beat is the same way i overcome a stutter, like, take little breaths, then speak. and its the same sort of... but as i say, i dont think it was on purpose. i think ijust subconsciously fell in love with the fact that i could say what i wanted to say without it happening, and it was just... i love it. # ..the rappings...

Laughter. what youre tapping is continuing the sentence which your mouth cant, so youre like, "go on, go on." and then you finally do it. # if i was born 1,000 years ago, id be a king # id be the greatest for my people # though named bling # id find the poorest peasant...# honestly, if someone asked me now would you rather have had a stutter, i actually would. i think its made me a better person. notjudge other people with disabilities, even though i dont have a disability, its made me, like, no...

# yeah, i told my brother on the chat now # you aint gotta be no g to be rap now # you can make p off the beats and stack wild...# hes called big heath. hes a rapperfrom cambridge. # i dont need no gat to rhyme # time for you to come alive...# his grandfather stammered, his father does, too. when i was in primary school, it wasnt as bad in primary school, ithink, cos, like, youre too young for kids to really pick on you that bad in primary school. it was always a thing, there was always... our m...

Will see that, yes, he might have a stutter, but he is clear about what he wants to say, and it may fumble a bit, and there may be times when sentences dont come out as perfectly formed as he would like, but hes not going to keep addressing people who say, "youre an idiot, youre simple, youre senile," because i think he just doesnt want to be defined in that particular way and made to feel that hes permanently on the defensive. over the years, joe biden has worked hard to use his position to hel...

I have to say that every show, otherwise people look at me like, "does he know?" laughter. 29—year—old drew lynch has used laughter to help him cope with his stammer. i repeat myself, not because im disabled, but, you know, because youre dumb. laughter. he only started stammering ten years ago after a head injury playing sport. its taken me a lot longer than i — im kind of ashamed to admit maybe how long it really took me to fully accept that this is... ..this is who i am. and its not... i...