I am sure the U Street Corridor on up to Adams Morgan will be jam-packed with party goers this New Year’s Eve. For folks looking for a bit less congestion and authentically funky good time that won’t break your pockets, then the “Soul Train” New Year's Eve 2012 party at Ras Hall is just what [...]

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Here are the Head-Roc-recommended events for people of culture in the D.C. area to check out this weekend.
Friday: A benefit concert for Occupy DC and the People of Color Working Group at OWS
Uptown Friday Nights at Ras Hall is a weekly party supporting the [...]

An occasional feature in which esteemed D.C. rapper Head-Roc shares what’s on his mind
In an effort to popularize artists and groups who have more than paid their dues and paved the way for others within the D.C. arts community, I have decided to provide profiles on who they are and what they are up to [...]

An occasional feature in which esteemed D.C. rapper Head-Roc shares what’s on his mind.
Guess what Washington, D.C.? Hey, I know some of the folks in power trying to eradicate indigenous black cultural expression may not like it, but for the vast and overwhelming majority of us who are actually in love with this chocolate city, [...]

An occasional feature in which esteemed D.C. rapper Head-Roc shares what’s on his mind.
This weekend, there is a three-day art gathering in Anacostia that will feature some of D.C.’s blessed visual and spoken word artists. Masterful works from heavyweight D.C. artists Melani Douglass and Anieken Udofia, along with art from J'Nell Jordan, Lizzie Spaceship, Johnnie Bess, and [...]

An occasional feature in which esteemed D.C. rapper Head-Roc shares what’s on his mind.
Peace family,
As you very well know and understand by now, I feel it's not just my work but my responsibility to make sure that the cats who breathed life into this D.C. music scene —the indigenous folks aka Chocolate City’s finest—don’t get [...]

An occasional feature in which esteemed D.C. rapper Head-Roc shares what’s on his mind.
Here we go, Chocolate City. To Walmart, or not to Walmart? Well, here is the answer: No!
D.C. residents do not want a Walmart. Just like D.C. residents didn’t want a baseball stadium, a new convention center, a “trolly going down H Street,” [...]

The one and only Afrika Bambaataa will be arriving in Chocolate City to “Planet Rock” funk it up for the “Funk 4 Peace” concert being held at U Street Music Hall this Sunday. The undisputed grandmaster and godfather of hip-hop culture will perform live and direct with D.C.’s international culture break-beat funk stars, Fort [...]

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It’s official! A respected and seasoned D.C. hip-hop community laureate has thrown his hat into the ring to be one of D.C.’s at-large councilmembers. Alan Page is his government name.
Those of us in the community know him as Spirit Equality—Spirit for short. [...]

An occasional feature in which esteemed D.C. rapper Head-Roc shares what’s on his mind.

They are about to strip Chocolate City of its “shadow” vote on the House floor. That is hilarious. Wait a minute. So, you’re telling me that the U.S. House of Representatives is going to eliminate the vote that already doesn’t count, representing [...]