Moody Black is a TEDx performer, a National Award-Winning Poet and Host, a Smart Arts Teaching Artist, Motivational Speaker, Spoken-Word and Visual Artist, Actor/Voice Over Artist, Chess Instructor, Story Teller, and Comedian from Spartanburg, S.C. Now, residing in Greenville, S.C. Moody Black is electrifying audiences across the country with his original poems and energetic performances. Fusing a blend of Hip-Hop, Soul, and Poetry, this talented artist delivers a unique rhythmic message in which each new listener finds common ground. Moody Black has been a performing artist since the age of twelve, and has become a prominent force across the nation through his enthusiastic live shows and strong work ethic.
Moody Black has a created a buzz in the following achievements:
Performed at several elementary, junior and senior high schools, universities, and colleges
Poetry Slam Master and Coach
Poem published in Still Home (Book of Spartanburg Poets)
Featured artist at dozens of festivals: the Travelers Rest Arts Commission annual Arts Festival, North Charleston Arts Festival, Stone Soup Story Telling Festival in Woodruff, S.C., the Annual Piccolo Spoleto Festival and. The Peace Day Festival in Charleston, S.C., the annual Chautaugua Festival, 3rd Annual Millican Festival in Sumter SC
Opened up for multi-platinum recording artists Trey Songz and Lyfe Jennings
TEDx Greenville and TEDxFurman Performer
2011 Pecha Kucha Performer- Greenville SC
2014/2016- Champion of the 2nd and 4th Annual Slam Madness Poetry Slam Competition,
2012 and 2018 Grind Flu Magazine Spoken Word Artist of the year
2015 Annual National Poetry Awards- Best Open Mic Host
2015 Annual National Poetry Awards nominee for best Spoken-Word CD (Rebuilding Hope),
2016 GANSPA Awards for Best South Carolina Poet
2017 GANSPA Awards for Best Male Poet in the Nation
2017 ALL DEF Poet
Certified Smart Arts Teacher Trainer through the Metropolitan Arts Council of Greenville, SC
2019 South Carolina Underground Music Awards Nominee for Best Male Model and Best Male Entrepreneur
