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DESCRIPTION:Press Release\n\nIssued: April 6th, Los Angeles, CA\nKrip your mind and 
 limp your style at "Putting Disability in the Mix," an event at Los Angeles 
 City College's Tully's Cafe on Friday, May 6th at 7pm and Saturday, May 7th 
 at 2pm. The shows and parking are free. The campus is located on Vermont 
 Blvd. between Santa Monica and Melrose. There is a Metro Red Line stop 
 nearby. \n\nThe show is sponsored by Krip-Hop Nation and Truth & Pain and 
 will feature hip hop artists, poets, and comedians. It is brought to LACC 
 by English professor Evan "Bones" Kendall who, with DC Curtis, co-authored 
 “Truth & Pain starring the Gangsters & Retards in... The Mystique-cal 
 Person-a of MC Cripple Crip,” a novel featuring teenagers with 
 disabilities. The novel was discovered by Leroy Moore, the central figure 
 in Krip-Hop Nation, an international group of performing artists with 
 disabilities. Moore invited Curtis and Kendall to a San Francisco event in 
 February, and now a similar show will take place in Los Angeles.\n\nComing 
 from all over the state, performers will include poets Leroy Moore, Lateef 
 McCleod, Nathan Say, Keith Jones, hip hop artists, Roxx Da Foxx, DJ Quad, 
 comedian Nina G, as well as authors DC Curtis and Bones 
 Kendall.\n\nCelebrating the diversity of the disability community, "Putting 
 Disability in the Mix" will make you sing, shake, and laugh with these 
 performers, authors, and comedians of various abilities, attitudes, and 
 attributes as they open minds and win hearts. The show is appropriate for 
 adults and teenagers, though some explicit language may be used.\n\n      
 ###\n\nPerformer bios:\n\nLeroy Moore - is a black, disabled writer, poet, 
 hip-hop music lover, community activist, and feminist. For well over a 
 decade he has worked tirelessly promoting his perspective on identity, 
 race, and disability. A performer and lecturer, Moore is known as "The 
 Black Cripple." He has been a guest presenter in high schools and 
 universities across the country and in Canada, the UK, and Holland. Moore 
 has a poetry CD entitled "Black Disabled Man with a Big Mouth & a High 
 I.Q." He is also the creator of Krip-Hop Nation. Moore was co-host of the 
 radio show "Pushing Limits" on KPFA. He is a consultant on race and 
 disability, a producer, a columnist at Poor Magazine and IDEAL magazine, 
 and is co-founder and community relations director of Sins Invalid. His 
 upcoming book of poetry is entitled "The Black Kripple Delivers." \n\nDC 
 Curtis and Bones Kendall - met studying literature at UCLA. Both worked in 
 the entertainment business for many years before becoming English teachers, 
 DC at a high school and Bones at Los Angeles City College. They co-wrote 
 "Truth & Pain starring the Gangsters & Retards in... The Mystique-cal 
 Person-a of MC Cripple Crip," a novel about a group of teenagers, four from 
 the streets and four from a home for the so-called disabled. Though not 
 disabled themselves, they are friends and advocates for people with 
 disabilities. Their novel challenges stereotypes and argues for a kind of 
 inclusiveness that is not based on pity.\n\nDJ Quad LA - At the age of 
 sixteen, he became paralyzed after breaking his neck while diving in the 
 ocean at Venice Beach. A few years after that he became a deejay and after 
 initial success found himself working as a music producer. DJ Quad is the 
 CEO of his own record label, 5h Battalion Entertainment. In addition to 
 being a disabled hip hop artist, he is a music producer, studio engineer, 
 graphic designer, and founder of Fifth Gear Clothing.\n\nKeith Jones - 
 President and CEO of SoulTouchin’ Experiences, an organization aimed at 
 bringing a perspective to the issues of access inclusion and empowerment, 
 which affect him as well as others with disabilities. He is also a hip-hop 
 artist and advocate for social justice. Recently Jones created his own 
 documentary, "Un-Rapping Disabilities."\n\nLateef McCleod - A phenomenal 
 black poet with cerebral palsy who just published his first poetry book 
 entitled "A Declaration Of A Body Of Love" this year. He is also in process 
 of writing a novel tentatively called "The Third Eye Is Crying." He was 
 also a cast member of the 2007 Sins Invalid performance and this year was 
 in another Sins Invalid performance entitled Resident Alien. He works at 
 United Cerebral Palsy of the Golden Gate as a grant writer and blogger and 
 for the World Institute of Disability as an intern. He has earned a BA in 
 English from UC Berkeley and a MFA in Creative Writing from Mills College. 
 You can gain more information about Lateef from his blogs at 
 teefdabiggafigga.blogspot.com and ucpgg.org/lateefs-view-of-the-bay. 
 \n\nNathan Say - Poet & Community Organizer found poetry by accident during 
 a literature class he was taking. Prior to moving to San Diego, California 
 to start a new life and dedicate large chunks of time to poetry, he worked 
 at the University of Hawaii's Center on Disability Studies, where he was 
 Project Coordinator of the My Voice, My Choice Project, a youth program for 
 youth and young adults with developmental disabilities. He was also on the 
 organizing committee for Abled Hawaii Artists/Art Enabled, Honolulu's 
 yearly celebration of the Signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act. 
 Nathan's first full length show is set to debut November 2011 in San Diego, 
 California. He maintains a blog at 
 http://www.nathansaypoetry.wordpress.com\n\nNina G - Bills herself as the 
 world’s only female comedian who stutters (or at least until she finds 
 another one). She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and performs at 
 comedy clubs and events. She blends a combination of humor, activism, and 
 education about the experience of people with disabilities.\n\nRoxx Da Foxx 
 - An all-American singer, rapper, songwriter, model, and advocate for women 
 against domestic violence as well for people living with disabilities. 
 Roxane was born and raised in Los Angel\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/04/30/18678541.php
SUMMARY:"Putting Disability in the Mix" Hip-Hop, Poetry & Comedy
LOCATION:Los Angeles City College's Tully's Cafe on Friday, May 6th at 7pm and 
 Saturday, May 7th at 2pm. The shows and parking are free. The campus is 
 located on Vermont Blvd. between Santa Monica and Melrose. There is a Metro 
 Red Line stop nearby. 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/04/30/18678541.php
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