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Vance Levy (Head Roc) Interview (Part I), October 21, 2013
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SUMMARY: This is an hour and half long interview with Washington, D.C. Hip Hop artist Head Roc also known as Vance Levy. Head Roc spends the interview speaking about his social and cultural remembrances of Washington DC in the 1970s, Prince Georges County in the 1980s, and Washington DC in the 1990s and 2000s. He offers his impression of how and why political developments shaped these phenomena. More particularly, he argues that the outside political control of the American Congress negatively affected opportunities for the political and social advancement of D.C. residents. He also argues that the challenging social and political environment in the city and immediate suburb prompted cultural creations in which he participated. He discussed his also traces his own artistic development and productions. His finally commentary was an analysis of social and demographic changes in the city which he attributed to intentional disenfranchisement of Black city residents.
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Vance Levy (Head Roc) Interview (Part II), November 22, 2013
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SUMMARY: This a half-hour follow-up interview with Washington, D.C. Hip Hop artist Head Roc also known as Vance Levy. This interview’s content returns to the idea of social and cultural changes in D.C. and its immediate suburbs with a focus on specific cultural landscapes and engagements of people in this time. In it Head Roc, details places in DC that nurtured his own cultural development. He offers a critique of portrayals of the city as dangerous or violent, viewing such notions as stereotypes of the city. He also offers a critique of the educational system that he experienced. The interview concludes with a discussion on gentrification in DC and it possible future effects on the city’s Black cultures.
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