Jessica Care Moore

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Jessica Care Moore

Jessica Care Moore is an African American poet born in Detroit, on October 28, 1971.^[1] Jessica first won acclaim as the first poet to ever win the nationally televised Showtime At The Apollo competition 5 times in a row. She has published two books entitled "The Words Don't Fit My Mouth" (1997) and "The Alphabet Verses: The Ghetto" (2003). She has performed and collaborated with literary, musical and other noted celebrities such as George Clinton, Antonio Hart, Nas, the late Ossie Davis, Mos Def, the late Gregory Hines, Judith Jamison, CeCe Winans, Anthony David, Roy Ayers, Gil Scott Herron, Sonia Sanchez, Steve Harvey, Cedric The Entertainer, Patrice Rushen, Talib Kweli, Ntozake Shange, Nikki Giovanni, The Last Poets and many more. She is the founder and CEO of her own publishing company Moore Black Press that has released poetry by noted poets and authors Saul Williams and Asha Bandele. She has appeared on several episodes of Russell Simmons Def Jam Poetry, has been featured in Essence magazine and appears on the television miniseries "I'll Make Me A World" (1999). She also served as executive producer for and hosted her own television show "Spoken" (2004) on the Black Family Channel. She has been referenced by rapper Talib Kweli and has appeared on rapper Nas's Nastradamus album. One of her most famous poems is "Until We Dance, For Joseph" dedicated to a family member who died of AIDS, which is frequently recited at AIDS Walks. She can be seen in the documentary "SlamNation."