Krip-Hop Nation

[Marsbar]

Tangled Art + Disability Presents

Krip-Hop Nation: Toronto-Spotlight on Hip-Hop Artists with Disabilities
Saturday, April 12 @ 8 p.m. - Oakham House
Part of the 2014 Tangled Arts Festival

http://www.tangledarts.org

"Is your work controversial?" Ha, ha. Lets see. I'm Black with a disability living on SSI. I'm an activist, poet, cultural worker and the list goes on. My breathing is controversial....”
- Krip-Hop Nation founder Leroy F. Moore Jr.

When Leroy F. Moore Jr., a black disabled artist, couldn’t find musicians he could identify with in mainstream hip-hop, he took it upon himself to find them in the underground. This was the inspiration for Krip-Hop Nation, a worldwide movement and community boasting a roster of over 300 hip-hop artists with disabilities. The movement was born in the United States, has gained ground in South Africa, New Zealand, Uganda, the U.K. and Pakistan, and is now moving north!

On April 12, Tangled Art + Disability (formerly Abilities Arts Festival) presents Krip-Hop Nation: Toronto – Canada’s first hip-hop concert featuring disability-identified performers. Tangled has invited founder Moore Jr. to host the event, and Cleveland Heights’ alternative hip-hop duo Kounterclockwise will headline.

Krip-Hop Nation: Toronto
Saturday, April 12, 2014
Doors open at 8 p.m.
Oakham House, 63 Gould Street, Toronto

The 2014 Tangled Arts Festival will also feature a series of live performances in May, 2014 including the Canadian premiere of Workman Arts’ Third Eye Looming - May 2 & 3, queer theatre legends Split Britches’ production, Ruff - May 9 & 10 and the latest work from Montreal’s Les Productions des Pieds des Mains - May 23.

Tangled Art + Disability is a charitable organization dedicated to developing and showcasing the work of artists with disabilities. For over ten years, Tangled has been a leader and catalyst bringing together artists with disabilities and a diverse public through a wide range of performance, media and visual arts events. Tangled uses the power of art as a transforming medium to enhance the understanding and acceptance that people with disabilities can and do make significant contributions to all aspects of society, in particular the arts and an evolving cultural sector.