Sean Forbes

Identifying as Deaf, he is the co-founder of D-PAN, The Deaf Professional Arts Network, a 501c3 nonprofit organization founded in 2006 to make music more accessible to the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing community. D-PAN has created American Sign Language interpretation music videos of popular songs. D-PAN has created videos for John Mayer, Christina Aguilera, Eminem, White Stripes, Owl City, Carly Rae Jepsen, The Clark Sisters, Imagine Dragons, and more. D-PAN works with production companies to produce American Sign Language access videos, captions, and transcripts.
In 2010, Sean signed a record deal with Web Entertainment, the same label that discovered and produced Eminem, and released his first song "I'm Deaf" with a music video. In 2011, he released his 2nd single "Let's Mambo" with Academy Award winning actress Marlee Matlin playing his love interest. In 2012, Sean released a full-length CD/DVD album titled Perfect Imperfection.
In February 2020, Sean released his second album "Little Victories" and immediately shot up to the #1 spot on several music charts.
On February 13, 2022, Forbes performed in the Super Bowl LVI halftime show in ASL.