Given the question: Facts: - instrument: vocals , guitar - years active: 2000 -- 2002 - genre: country - name: billy hoffman - background: solo_singer - label: critter - birth place: arkansas - associated acts: joe stampley - occupation: singer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of billy hoffman -lrb- singer -rrb- .
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billy hoffman -lrb- born in arkansas and raised in poteau , oklahoma -rrb- is an american country music singer .hoffman was born with a hearing problem and is only three percent away from being deaf .he also learned to play guitar to gain dexterity after being born with underdeveloped hands .in 2000 , he was the first artist signed to critter records , which was managed by joe stampley .stampley produced hoffman 's debut album , which included a cover of paul davis ' '' i go crazy . ''the album received a mixed review from ray waddell of '' billboard '' , who wrote that '' while lacking the vocal gymnastics heard in much of what populates current country radio , hoffman 's easygoing style mostly serves this material well . ''two singles from the album charted on the '' billboard '' hot country singles & tracks chart .