BIOGRAPHY
Biography
Kevin "Kaoz" Moore is a native of Cleveland, OH 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, OH 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 that serves as the first in what he calls the Fight Club Trilogy. 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. Kaoz is also a featured artist on "Eddy J. Free's MadCity 2010" compilation album released May 25, 2010. Proceeds from that album go towards the Keep A Child Alive foundation, in-which Alicia Keys is the ambassador, and provides medication to children in Africa and India living with HIV/AIDS. Kaoz exploded onto the hip hop scene in 2010, collaborating with numerous hip hop, pop and R&B artists from across the country. "The Tyler Durden EP (Experience)," released June 2010, marks Kaoz' sophomore solo music/spoken word effort, and was followed up by "The Tyler Durden Mixtape" (released August 2010) completing the Fight Club trifecta. Kaoz plans on releasing a full length concept driven album titled "The Intervention" in 2011.
