Kaoz

Outspoken, daring, and honest, Kaoz is a word warrior and a true Open Artist. He’s been on my radar for a little while. Knowing that the rap/hip-hop world is not an easy road, I’m beyond impressed by his journey as an out artist, but even more impressed by the quality of production and daring message that he offers his audience. Make sure to get his free download, The Tyler Durden Mixtape.

Kevin “Kaoz” Moore is a native Clevelander and an award winning writer, actor, poet and educator. Kevin began his career in the arts at the tender age of 8, The dawn of Kevin’s spoken word performance career came in 1998, where after two spits at the Humidor, he was on his way to spoken word royalty as part of Black Poetic Society, a local but nationally recognized performance ensemble and Evolutionary Writer’s Theatre. The Videographer’s Association of America’s Award of Distinction in Creative Writing belonged to Kevin in 2002 for an anti-Tobacco spoken word piece entitled “Venom”.  Kaoz represented Cleveland Ohio in the 2002 and 2003 National Poetry Slam competitions in Minneapolis, MN and Chicago, IL, self-published a chapbook of poetry entitled “The Y2Kaoz Project”, and has independently released Project Mayhem Vol 1.5 a spoken word/ hip-hop mix tape. In 2004 Kaoz made his playwriting debut with “Baba King” at the Ohio Theater. Also to his playwriting credits is Unseen: The Book Of Job which premiered at the Cleveland Playhouse and Voices: The Rhythm of Me at Cleveland State University Factory Theater.

Kevin currently resides in Minneapolis/St Paul Minnesota and manages the HIV/Health Education program for Pillsbury United Communities. In December 2006, Kevin initiated an annual World AIDS Day observance event called Silence Equals Suicide – a showcase of local spoken word artists performing original works centered around HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention messages.  Kevin received the National AIDS Education Services for Minorities (NAESM) Award of Excellence in Youth Leadership in 2007. Kevin joined “The T-Spot” In 2007; a multimedia comedic improv ensemble at Bryant Lake Bowl theater in Minneapolis, MN.  He also joined the Breaking Ice ensemble at the Pillsbury House Theater company in 2008 and was featured in and co-wrote the piece entitled “OTHER”.   In 2009 Kevin joined the Chicago Ave Project for Pillsbury House, which is a mentorship/life skills program that pairs professional actors with aspiring youth actors.  In summer 2009, Kevin began production on both “The Tyler Durden EP & Mixtape” & will release “The Intervention” a full length album late 2010. For bookings and additional info, contact him at kaoz612@yahoo.com or www.reverbnation.com/kevinkaozmoore