Leroy F. Moore Jr.

Leroy F. Moore Jr.
Born (1967-11-02) November 2, 1967
New York City, United States
EducationCollege of Notre Dame UCLA
OccupationsWriter, Activist, Musician, Poet
Known forCo-founding Krip Hop and Sins Invalid
Board member of
Awards
Musical career
Also known asThe Black Kripple
Genres
PublisherKrip-Hop Nation
Partner
Keith Jones (Fezo DA MadOne)
WebsiteKrip-Hop Institute Official Website
Krip-Hop Nation Official Website
Writing career
GenresPoetry, Non-Fiction, Graphic Novel
Notable works
  • Black Disabled Ancestors (2020)
  • Black Disabled Art History 101 (2017)
Member of San Francisco Mayor’s Disability Council
In office
2001–2002
Appointed bySan Francisco Office on Disability and Accessibility
LeaderWillie Brown

Leroy F. Moore Jr. (November 2, 1967- ) is a Black American writer, poet,[1] community activist,[2] musician, paralympian, and 2x Sports Emmy winner.[3] He was born in 1967 in New York City.[1][4] He is one of the founders of Krip-Hop and Sins Invalid. Moore has Cerebral palsy.[5]

Education

Moore graduated with a BA in Political Science from College of Notre Dame in 1995. He is currently a PhD candidate in Linguistic Anthropology at University of California, Los Angeles.[6] His thesis is called "Krip-Hop Theory and Liberation Art: A Road Map from Black Ableism to AfroKrip/Sankofa."[7]

Career

Paralympics

Moore represented the USA in the 1988 Paralympic Games in Seoul, South Korea as a Paracyclist. He competed in the Men's Road Tricycle 1,500m C5-6 and 3,000m C5-6 and ranked 5th in both events.[8][9] "Seeing disabled people around the world at Seoul 1988, it was the first time for me to realise that disability is a culture, history and movement," said Moore.[10] He was later highlighted as a musician and former paralympian in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, playing the Emmy-winning song 'Rising Phoenix.'[3][10]

Disability Advocacy

In 1998, Moore and Gary Norris Gray created the Disability Advocates of Minorities Organization (DAMO).[11][12] DAMO created and ran a public access talk show, New Voices Disabled Poets & Artists of Color, ran workshops and classes, organized protests, and worked as a disability access consultant.[12][13] DAMO dissolved after four years.[14]

After DAMO ended, Moore reflected that "Upon evaluation of DAMO I realized I have been running away from my Black community because of open wounds unknowingly inflicted by them through forms of Black ableism... Most areas of disability have been taken from us, including the medical industry, and professionals/experts etc.  Until we take it back, redefine it, politicize it, and sometimes change it all together our work will continue to belong to others."[14]

Moore is a co-founder, along with Patty Berne, of the disability performance art collective Sins Invalid.[15][16] Started in 2005, Sins Invalid is a disabled-led disability justice movement and performance project.[17][18]

He currently serves as the Chair of the Black Disability Studies Committee for the National Black Disability Coalition.[19][20] Moore was a co-founder of the Coalition.[5]

Moore focuses his advocacy on the intersectionality between race and disability, Krip-Hop Theory, police brutality against disabled people, Black disabled history, and combatting intersectional ableism and racism in the music industry.[5]

Krip-Hop

Moore and his counterparts Rob DA' Noise Temple and Keith Jones started Krip-Hop, a movement that uses hip-hop music as a means of expression for people with disabilities.[21] The primary goal of the Krip-Hop Nation is to increase awareness in music and media outlets of the talents, history and rights of people with disabilities. The Krip Hop Nation also focuses on advocacy, activism and education and holds workshops on relevant social, artistic, and political issues.

Krip-Hop Nation released its first mixtape in 2007 and performed at a festival for the first time, DaDaFest, in 2010.[22][23] Moore and Krip-Hop organized the 'Black Disabled Komics Karacters Summit/Krip-Hop Visual Art Show' in 2020 and the 'African Disabled Musicians San Francisco Bay Area Tour' in 2019.[2]

As leadership for Krip-Hop Nation, Moore as served as a producer for multiple music and film projects. He has also been the subject of two award-winning documentaries, Disabled Artist Showcase: Creating Our Spaces (2023)[24] and ADA30 Lead On Celebration of Disability Arts, Culture, Education and Pride (2020).[25]

Moore was interviewed by Jones for the Disability Visibility Project in 2016.[26]

Discography

  • Moore Jr., Leroy F.; 2Tha Point Entertainment (2010). Krip-Hop, Volume 2: Forget How They Look Listen 2 The Music.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Moore Jr., Leroy F. (2011). Broken Bodies: PBP, Police Brutality Profiling Mixtape (Album). Krip-Hop Nation & 5th Battaliono Entertainment.
  • Moore Jr., Leroy F.; Fezo da MadOne (2014). Eat My Disability (Song). Vol. 3 Book1ne – via SoundCloud.
  • Moore Jr., Leroy F. (2018). KutDaChek (Song) – via Soundcloud.
  • Moore Jr., Leroy F. (March 14, 2018). Calling Mississippi: Walking, Limping & Wheeling Through Blues Trails (Song) – via SoundCloud.
  • Moore Jr., Leroy F. (The Black Kripple) (2020). Story Not Told: Black Disabled Boyz (Song) – via Soundcloud.
  • Pemberton, Daniel; Georgetragic; Hickman, Toni; Jones, Keith; Moore, Leroy (2020). Rising Phoenix Title Track (Motion picture).[27]
  • Moore Jr., Leroy F. (August 31, 2021). Slow Eugenics (Song) – via SoundCloud.
  • Moore Jr., Leroy F. (2022). Leave The Ramp Down (Remix) (Song) – via SoundCloud.
  • Moore Jr., Leroy F. (September 21, 2025). WWM-White Wealthy Men (Song) – via SoundCloud.
  • Moore Jr., Leroy F. (October 29, 2025). Hip-Hop, Your Disability Politics Sucks! (Song) – via SoundCloud.
  • Moore Jr., Leroy F. (December 20, 2025). Shout Out BDM Crew (Tumelo, Leroy & DJ Duma) (Song) – via SoundCloud.
  • Moore Jr., Leroy F. (2023). Krip Blue Stories: Black, Blind, & Beautiful (Album) – via SoundCloud.
  • Moore Jr., Leroy F. (February 20, 2026). The Black Mindset on Disability (Song) – via SoundCloud.
  • Moore Jr., Leroy F. (June 2026). Dr. Krip-Hop (Song) – via SoundCloud.
  • Moore Jr., Leroy F. (March 28, 2026). Analogies with Amputations, Not Disability but In The Body Schema Through the Colonizer (Song) – via SoundCloud.
  • Moore Jr., Leroy F.; manos. al sol (April 25, 2026). Kripping Gloria Ladson-Billings' Culturally Relevant Pedagogy (CRP) with Hip-Hop 2026 (Song) – via SoundCloud.
  • Moore Jr., Leroy F. (Jun 2026). Krip-Blues Stories Series: Teaching Krip-Blues (Album). Produced by Hash24 and Manos.al Sol – via SoundCloud.
  • Moore Jr., Leroy F. (July 2, 2026). We Want The White Man Who Controls You (Song) – via SoundCloud.
  • Moore Jr., Leroy F. (July 17, 2026). Krip-Hop Theory (Poem-song) (Song). Revised version. Original published 6/29/21. – via SoundCloud.

Filmography

Year Title Director Role Source
2023 Disabled Artist Showcase: Creating Our Spaces Emmitt H. Thrower Cast (as Self) [24]
2023 ADA30 Lead On Celebration of Disability Arts, Culture, Education and Pride Tari Hartman Squire and Danny Woodburn Cast (as Self) [25]
2023 Tell Them You Love Me Nick August-Perna Consultant Producer [28]
2020 Disability and Cultural Activism Emmitt H. Thrower Associate Producer, Music Producer, Cast (as Self) [29][28]
2015 Where Is Hope: The Art of Murder Emmitt H. Thrower Co-Producer, Music Producer, Composer [5][28][30]
2014 "Blind Joe" – The Joe Capers Legacy An Alternative Minds Film Naru Kwina Producer [28]

Writing

Since the 1990s, Moore has written the column "Ill in-N-Chilling" for POOR Magazine.[31] Moore served as a founding member of Poor Magazine's Homefulness and Decolonize Academy.[2]

He has written 6 books[5][22] and 50+ written and spoken-word poems.[32] He shares his spoken-word poetry along with his music on his SoundCloud. He co-authored a children's book called Black Disabled Art History 101.[33][34]

Books

  • Moore Jr., Leroy F. (1999). Black Disabled Man with A Big Mouth & High I.Q. Gibbs Magazine.
  • Moore Jr., Leroy F. (2017). Black Disabled Art History 101. Xochipilli Justice Press. ISBN 978-1942001577.
  • Moore Jr., Leroy F. (February 10, 2019). Brown Disabled Young Woman Superhero Brings Disability Justice to Hip- Hop (Graphic Novel). Krip-Hop Graphic Novel Issue 1. Poor Press. ISBN 978-1732925021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  • Moore Jr., Leroy F. (February 12, 2020). Black Disabled Ancestors. Poor Press. ISBN 979-8610521022.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  • Gray-Garcia, Tiny; Moore Jr., Leroy; Miller, Jeremy; Villarreal, Joey; Silencio, Muteado; Moore, Frances (October 21, 2020). How to Not Call the Po'Lice Ever. Poor Press. ISBN 978-1732925076.
  • Moore Jr., Leroy F. (February 2021). For You BDYM (Black Disabled Young Men). Soulful Media Works.
  • Moore Jr., Leroy F.; Kitosa, Tamari (May 11, 2022). "A Krip-Hop Theory of Disabled Black Men: Challenging the Disabling of Black America, Resisting Killing and Erasure Through the Arts and Self-Empowerment". In Kitossa, Tamari (ed.). Appealing Because He Is Appalling: Black Masculinities, Colonialism, and Erotic Racism. Foreward by Tommy Curry. Contributions by Katerina Deliovsky, Delroy Hall, Dennis O. Howard, Elishma Khokhar, Tamari Kitossa, Kemar McIntosh, Leroy F. Moore Jr., Watufani M. Poe, Satwinder Rehal, John G. Russell, and Mohan Siddi. University of Alberta Press. ISBN 978-1772125436.
  • Moore Jr., Leroy F. (October 20, 2023). The Elders and the Youth. Krip-Hop Graphic Novel Vol. 2. Illustrated by Ottis Smith and Erick Matus. Poor Magazine. ISBN 978-1956534085.

Poetry

Awards

Year Award Awarding Body Reference
2022 USA Fellowship United States Artists [35][36]
2022 FDR Award Disability Rights Legal Center [37][36]
2022 7th Athletes in Excellence Award The Foundation for Global Sports Development [38]
2021 Outstanding Music Direction for Rising Pheonix 42nd Sports Emmy Awards [3]
2021 Outstanding Long Sports Documentary for Rising Phoenix 42nd Sports Emmy Awards [3]
2020 100 Honoree Yerba Buena Center for the Arts [6]
2019 Susan M. Daniels Disability Mentoring Hall of Fame National Disability Mentoring Coalition [6]
2019 Wynn Newhouse Award Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation [39]
2014 Champion of the Disabled in Media San Francisco Bay View Black Media Appreciation Night [40]
2005/06 Julie Billiart Award for Outstanding Community Service Mount Notre Dame High School [6]
2002 Local Hero Award for Black History Month KQED of San Francisco [2]
1998 Award San Francisco Mayor’s Disability Council [6]
1995 DREDF Recognition Award Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund [6]
1988 5th place – Men's Road Tricycle 1,500m C5-6 Paralympics [8]
1988 5th place – Men's Road Tricycle 3,000m C5-6 Paralympics [9]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Leroy F. Moore". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Miller, Kylie (2022-02-17). "Music and Activism with Leroy Moore and Keith Jones". Judy Heumann. Retrieved 2026-07-23.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Netflix's 'Rising Phoenix' wins two Sports Emmy Awards". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2026-07-23.
  4. ↑ "Happy 50th Leroy Moore". Black Disability. Archived from the original on 2020-09-26. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Leroy Moore". Wynn Newhouse Awards. Retrieved 2026-07-23.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Moore Jr., Leroy Franklin (2023). LONG Leroy's Artists Resume (PDF). Krip Hop Institute.
  7. ↑ Moore Jr., Leroy F. (The Black Kripple) (June 2026). Dr. Krip-Hop – via SoundCloud.
  8. 1 2 "Seoul 1988 - cycling - mens-road-tricycle-1500-m-c5-6". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2026-07-23.
  9. 1 2 "Seoul 1988 - cycling - mens-road-tricycle-3000-m-c5-6". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2026-07-23.
  10. 1 2 "Leroy Moore's bond with Paralympics since Seoul 1988". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2026-07-23.
  11. ↑ "Leroy Moore". Ability Magazine. August 2020.
  12. 1 2 "The History of Disability Advocates of Minorities Organization's (DAMO) and Why It's Coming Back in 2023 Under a New Name: Black Activists Artists with Disabilities, BAAD". Krip-Hop Institute. 2023-05-14. Retrieved 2026-07-24.
  13. ↑ Pastora Carson, Diana. "Krip Hop Nation — Keith Jones and Leroy F. Moore". ABILITY Magazine.
  14. 1 2 Moore, Leroy F. (2024-02-20). "Black Ableism". POOR Magazine. Retrieved 2026-07-24.
  15. ↑ "Who We Are - About Us - Sins Invalid". invalidism.
  16. ↑ Moore, Leroy F. (March 15, 2009). "Art, Activism and Sexuality of Self". Sins Invalid. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  17. ↑ Luterman, Sara (2025-08-12). "In life and in art, Patty Berne made space for disabled people to thrive". The 19th. Retrieved 2026-07-24.
  18. ↑ "Patty Berne on the earth as our starting point as interviewed by Bianca I Laureano". Ford Foundation. Retrieved 2026-07-24.
  19. ↑ Dunhamn, Jane; Harris, Jerome; Jarrett, Shancia; Moore, Leroy; Nishida, Akemi; Price, Margaret; Robinson, Britney; Schalk, Sami (2015-05-19). "Developing and Reflecting on a Black Disability Studies Pedagogy: Work from the National Black Disability Coalition". Disability Studies Quarterly. 35 (2). doi:10.18061/dsq.v35i2.4637. ISSN 2159-8371.
  20. ↑ "Leroy F. Moore: Black/Brown International Disability Art and Hip-Hop". Whitney Museum of American Art. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  21. ↑ "Kip-Hop Nation: Toronto". Toronto. Archived from the original on 2015-02-02.
  22. 1 2 "Krip-Hop Nation". Retrieved 2026-07-23.
  23. ↑ Weingarten, Christopher R. (2020-07-19). "Krip-Hop Nation Showcases Rappers With Disabilities. Meet 5 of Our Favorites". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-07-23.
  24. 1 2 "Disabled Artist Showcase: Creating Our Spaces". IMDB.
  25. 1 2 "ADA30 Lead On Celebration of Disability Arts, Culture, Education and Pride". IMDB.
  26. ↑ Leroy Moore Jr. and Keith Jones (7/20/16) (Podcast). Disability Visibility Project. Produced by Alice Wong and Yosmay del Mazo. July 20, 2016 – via Soundcloud.
  27. ↑ "Black History Month at WoW". Wow Fest. Liverpool: Arts Council Liverpool, Liverpool City Council, Creative Organizations of Liverpool, and Mayor of Liverpool. 2020. Retrieved 2026-07-23.
  28. 1 2 3 4 "Leroy Moore Jr". IMDB.
  29. ↑ "Disability and Cultural Activism". IMDB.
  30. ↑ "Where Is Hope: The Art of Murder (2015)". IMDB.
  31. ↑ "Ill in n' Chilling". POOR Magazine. Archived from the original on 2020-10-20.
  32. ↑ "Blackkrip-Krip-Hop Nation". SoundCloud. Retrieved 2026-07-24.
  33. ↑ Moore, Leroy F. (2017). Black Disabled Art History 101. Xochipilli Justice Press. ISBN 978-1942001577.
  34. ↑ "Black Disabled Art History 101 with Leroy F Moore Jr and Nicola Clung | University Press Books/ Berkeley". University Press Books. Retrieved 2019-02-09.
  35. ↑ "Leroy F. Moore Jr". United States Artists. Retrieved 2026-07-23.
  36. 1 2 "About". Krip-Hop Institute. Retrieved 2026-07-23.
  37. ↑ "47th Annual FDR Dinner". Disability Rights Legal Center - DRLC. 2022-04-05. Archived from the original on 2025-04-23. Retrieved 2026-07-23.
  38. ↑ "Winners Announced for the 7th Athletes in Excellence Award from The Foundation for Global Sports Development". Global Sports Development. Archived from the original on 2025-07-18. Retrieved 2026-07-23.
  39. ↑ "Awards". Wynn Newhouse Awards. Retrieved 2026-07-23.
  40. ↑ Kambon, Malaika (2014-09-19). "Defining our empowerment fuels Black Media Appreciation Night 2014". San Francisco Bay View. Retrieved 2026-07-23.
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