Head-Roc’s NEGROPHOBIA! Turns 20, Live in Richmond
Reporting live from Chocolate City, USA , its own native son, Hip Hop veteran and activist Vance “Head-Roc” Levy celebrates the 20th anniversary of his second studio album, NEGROPHOBIA!.
An album two decades old, yet its political commentary remains as relevant and poignant to the tensions from today.
When asked about why he thought people today should listen to this album, 20-years later, he had this to say:
“NEGROPHOBIA! is a pure research project created, produced, and distributed in an easily digestible Rhythm & Rhyme format (Hip-Hop). The project undergirds my later projects released after it and as a result, in 2025, NEGROPHOBIA! hits harder than it did in 2005. Where NEGROPHOBIA! offers discovery and analysis of (pre) existing conditions/ challenges the world faces in managing White Supremacy, my later albums move beyond observation. They document my own, firsthand efforts to confront and reduce the impact of racism within my community today.”
This Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Monday, October 13, Head-Roc returns to the stage, backed by Richmond’s own Control the Room Band, to perform this prophetic, raw, and undeniably dope record in full.
The event takes place in Jackson Ward’s Chromophore Art Space, currently home to a powerful exhibition by Yvonne Ferguson.
Tickets are $17, with $35 VIP options. Available here.
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