Krip-Hop!

by Leroy Moore Jr.

From the blues to jazz to hip-hop, artists with disabilities are present in the music industry in every genre today. From Blind Willie Johnson to Professor Blind F8 and Cripple Clarence Lofton to Four Wheel City, music by disabled artists has helped shape the world we live in by providing new perspectives on life and struggle.

A new mixtape, Krip-Hop Mixtape Vol. 1 , which will be released in January 2007, presents the music, views and world of disabled artists from all walks of life. Krip-hop Mixtape Vol. 1 shares the legacy of many artists by providing a wide range of voices from the US, UK, Spain, Africa & Haiti. These artists not only rap to the Hip-Hop generation, but also to society and the world as a whole about the talents, politics and sexuality they embody as well as about their struggle against the isolating discrimination they face everyday. Krip-Hop displays the beauty and strength in the collaboration of artists with disabilities, while exploring the past, present and future of disabled music.

On this mixtape you’ll hear gospel rap by Pastr
Sâ’wayne, old school, Crank (from Down South) by da
Southern Boyz, Deaf Krip-Hop by the Helix Boyz, international Krip-Hop, by Jake of Spain, C.R.I.$.I.$
of Africa, political Krip-Hop by DJ Quad smooth, radical spoken stories by â’ron daniella and much more.
There are many more voices in the world of Krip-Hop that need to be heard; therefore plans for Krip-Hop Mixtape Vol 2 are already in the making and we are currently searching for help in creating a second powerful array of voices.

Krip-Hop is a promotional product with the aim of getting the musical talents of hip-hop artists with disabilities into the hands of media outlets, educators, and hip-hop, disabled and race scholars, as well as, youth, hip-hop conference coordinators and agents etc.. On Jan 15/07 Krip-Hop will be on cdbaby.com and www.poormagazine.com and www.leroymoore.com

Krip-Hop Mixtape Vol. 1 was created by Leroy Moore Jr., a writer, advocate and journalist on issues and art involving disabled people of color.

Future Projects include a Krip-Hop Book, a Krip-Hop online Catalog (posted on www.leroymoore.com) Krip-Hop workshops, Krip-Hop Mixtape Vol. 2, Krip-Hop T. Shirts, and the ultimate Krip-Hop concert

Krip-Hip-Hop Tracks

Leroy F. Moore Jr. (CA): Crip-Hip-Hop

C.R.I.$.I.$. (Africa, Zambia): Good Foot

JAKE (Spain): Solo saben mentir

PASTR S'WAYNE (TX): GospelHipHopAcapplla

Fezo da MadOne (MA): Game Changer

ROB DA' NOIZE TEMPLE (NY): Pushing Limits

Preechman (Haiti\NY): On A Track Like This

Poppa Wheely (NY): Poppa Don’t Take No

CB-Funk (Germany): Qualen

Four Wheel City (NY): Sometimes I Feel

Profesir X (NY): The Government

Professor Blind F8 (CA): Turn up the funk

DA Southern Boyz (FL): Creep Mode

Fred Beam (D.C.): Secrete

Dream(instrumental)

DJ Quad (CA): 2Many

Helix Boyz (D.C.): Blow Your Mind

Zulu King Khazm (OR): Dear Diary

MF GRIMM (NY): I Don’t Know

Â’˜ron daniella (CA): "The Strength of Love Within"

Leroy F. Moore Jr.
On The Outskirts: Race & Disability Consultant
sfdamo@yahoo.com, www.leroymoore.com www.nmdc.us www.poormagazine.org www.molotovmouths.com