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Anthony A. Moore (AKA) Tony Moore was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After spending his early childhood in Okinawa, Japan, and Europe, he moved back to Philadelphia to pursue a career in music. In 1996, he founded the acclaimed gospel recording group Tony Moore & Jehovah's Chosen (TMJC) who released two independent albums entitled "Love Lifted Me" and "Action Figures." Tony later spent some time working with Rock Star Entertainment, a company founded by Vidal and Dr. Dre, executive producers for such recording artists as: Floetry, Jill Scott, Usher, Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, and Chris Brown. As an assistant music supervisor, Tony has written songs for the 2008 action thriller film "Cover" produced by Bill Duke (X-Men 3), and starring Vivica A Fox, Patti La Belle, Lou Gossett Jr, Maya, and Leon (Five Heart Beats), and Aunjanue Ellis (Ray). He has independently produced music for Usher’s 2008 “Hush” record, Deitrick Haddon’s 2009 “One Blood” record, Beanie Sigel’s, “Dear Self,” and Kindred and the Family Soul on their album, 2008 “The Love we Share” under the Hidden Beach record company. Tony has also composed music with artists such as Jill Scott, The Roots, Eryka Badu, Bilal, Sheila E., Tonex (aka B-Slade’s), etc. Tony composed hits such as Jeff Bradshaw’s “The World is A Ghetto” from his 2015 “Home” album under Shanachie entertainment, Little John Roberts’ “The Struggle” and “The Power” songs from their 2014 “The Heartbeat” album under NIA Music Distribution. In 2009, he opened up for Common at the TLA, and following that performance, in 2010, he performed live with Mariah Carey at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia. Some of his other work includes composing music for commercials such as Dr. Scholl’s 2005 commercial, and a few movies in the making.