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Biography
Infobox musical artist|Name = Big Moe|Img = Kenneth Moore.jpg|Img_capt =|Img_size =|Background = solo_singer|Birth_name = Kenneth Doniell Moorecite web|url= http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/txbirths? c=search& first=Kenneth& last=Moore& spelling=Exact& 11_year=1974& 11_month=0& 11_day=0& 4=& 14=& SubmitSearch.x=73& SubmitSearch.y=16& SubmitSearch=Submit|title=Texas Births 1926–1995|publisher="Family Tree Networks"|Alias = Barre Baby, Drank Baby, MoYo, Motorola, Da King of Purp|Born = Birth date|1974|8|20||Died = Death date and age|2007|10|14|1974|6|27|mf=y|Origin = Houston, Texas , United States|U.S. |Genre = Southern hip hop , Soul music|Soul |Occupation = Rapping|Rapper |Years_active = 1995–2007|Label = Priority Records Wreckshop Records Screwed Up Records Koch Records |Associated_acts = Screwed Up Click |URL = http://www.myspace.com/sucbigmoe Kenneth Moore (August 20, 1974 & ndash; October 14, 2007), better known by his stage name Big Moe , was an United States|American rapper from Houston, Texas . He was known for a softer and slower style than other Houston rappers, including a mixture of rapping and singing that he called "rapsinging" http://www.kochrecords.com/artists/detail/? Artist=Big+Moe Big Moe, Koch Records website as well as for his music that celebrated purple drank|codeine-laced syrup as a recreational drug .
Early life
Kenneth Moore was born in Houston on August 20, 1974, and he grew up in southeast Houston.Peralta, Eyder. " http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl? id=2007_4443125 KENNETH "BIG MOE" MOORE, 1974-2007 / Not just a rapper but `a singer,' too." Houston Chronicle . Tuesday October 16, 2007. Star 4. Retrieved on September 20, 2009. He was a graduate of Yates High School and a former high school football star. http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2007/10/big_moe_rip.php
Career
As one of the founding members of the "Original Screwed Up Click," Big Moe started out in music by freestyling on DJ Screw mixtapes before being signed to Wreckshop Records.Peralta, Eyder. " http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5214956.html Houston rappers remember Big Moe, dead at 33." Houston Chronicle . October 16, 2007. Retrieved on September 20, 2009. Wreckshop Records released Big Moe's debut album, City of Syrup in (2000); the title a nod to Houston's reputation for drinking purple drank|codeine-laced syrup , which Moe pours from a Styrofoam cup on the album's cover. "City of Syrup" album featured the single, "Mann!", which Moe intended to be The South Side's answer to Black Rob 's East Coast hit "Whoa!". A year and half later, Moe returned with his second album, Purple World (album)|Purple World in (2002). This release showcased a Who's Who of Houston vocalists and two versions of Moe's breakthrough single, "Purple Stuff." The Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory -themed video for "Purple Stuff" was played on MTV and the album ranked as high as No. 3 on Billboard (magazine)|Billboard 's Top R& B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Big Moe's third and last album, Moe Life , was issued in 2003, including the commercially successful single "Just a Dog." A posthumous album entitled Unfinished Business was released on March 18, 2008 via Wreckshop Records and Koch Records. In 2009 his album City Of Syrup was named number 25 on houstonpress.com's list of the 25 Best Houston Hip Hop Albums.Serrano, Shea. " http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2009/08/the_h-town_countdown_no_25_big.php The H-Town Countdown, No. 25: Big Moe's City of Syrup." Houston Press . Thursday August 6, 2009. Retrieved on September 20, 2009.
Death
Moe died on October 14, 2007 at 33-years-old, after suffering a heart attack one week earlier that left him in a coma . http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/rapper%20big%20moe%20dies_1046665 DJs - Rapper Big Moe Dies, contactmusic.com, Oct. 15, 2007 There was speculation that recreational codeine use in the form of Purple Drank may have contributed to his death.
Discography
Year
Title
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U.S.
U.S. R& B
U.S. Indep.
2000
City of Syrup
176
52
8
2002
Purple World (album)
29
3
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2003
Moe Life
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33
29
2004
Classics: Vol. 1
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2007
The Best of Big Moe
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Forever Moe
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2008
Unfinished Business (Big Moe album)
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Mixtapes
2009: ''Still Sippin' wit Moe
References
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