“On our way, at our own pace,
landing at our choosing.”
One production house for music, food, and faith — built in Fredericksburg, Virginia, with roots running straight back to Marksville, Louisiana.
The Front Door
Nappi Rootz Productions is the name over the door. Step inside and everything we make lives under one roof — the songs, the table, and the Word.
The StudioThe company channel — Velvet Laurent’s music, book trailers, and everything the house creates.
The KitchenUncle Tommie’s Kitchen — Louisiana cooking, family recipes, and the cookbook the channel was named for.
The MinistryGreater Works Ministry — Bible study governed by the Word of God, aimed first at young people stepping into responsibility.
Under One Roof
Each house has its own door on YouTube. Each one opens into the same home.
The Studio · @nappirootz7255
The flagship. This is where Velvet Laurent records — Gospel, R&B, Neo-Soul, and Zydeco — and where the house presents its books, trailers, and productions. Booth on one side, stage on the other: that’s the whole story of what we do.
The Kitchen · @uncletommieskitchen
Cooking the way Tommie learned it — from his father, Joseph C. Jones, a chef who never missed a ticket. Louisiana soul on the plate and a standing invitation at the table.
“Savor the Flavor.”
The Ministry · @greaterworksministry-v2j
Bible study governed by the Word of God without exceptions, built on the Doctrine of Jesus Christ — reaching everyone, with a heart first for young people entering the age of responsibility.
“Greater works than these shall he do…” — John 14:12
Take the Tour
Four rooms. Pick one and look around.
Room One · Nappi Rootz Productions
Headphones on, hand on the cup, gold mic in front of her. Velvet’s tracks start here — written, structured, and sung in the booth before they ever meet an audience.
The Voice of the House
Singer, writer, composer. Deep and smoky, grown and soulful — Velvet carries every lane this house runs, and she holds a room unaided in all of them. Tap a sound to hear how she works it:
Grown, soulful, powerful and smooth — scripture first, sung like she means every word of it.
Every Velvet Laurent track — Gospel or not — gives glory to God in it. Unashamed. That’s her signature.
The Signature Doctrine · Locked 2026First public song: “Deep From My Innermost” — debut at the house’s choosing, Suno community first, then the world.
From the Kitchen · On Sale Now
The Art of Cooking — the cookbook the kitchen was named for.
Recipes carried from Marksville kitchens and a father who cooked by ear and never missed. This is the book readers are already ordering — the flavor of the channel, bound and kept.
The Written Work
Truly self-published — our own ISBNs, our own royalties, our own pace. The cookbook is out. The word-work is next.
The flagship book of the ministry: the renewing of the mind, worked all the way through and locked as the corrected master. Formatting and cover come next, then Amazon KDP and IngramSpark.
In Production“Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.” — Romans 12:2
Lessons built in order — Part One: Foundations of Faith. Part Two: Daily Living, from the inside out: heart and tongue, the table, money and keeping, the household’s people, and the public face last.
Building · Part One First“Let all things be done decently and in order.” — 1 Corinthians 14:40
The Man Behind the Name
The Doctor of Melody
Founder of Nappi Rootz Productions. A Marksville, Louisiana son — mama Adean fluent in Cajun, father Joseph C. Jones in the kitchen — who carried the music and the cooking from Louisiana through Michigan to Virginia, and built one house to hold it all: the studio, the kitchen, and the ministry, with Velvet Laurent’s voice carrying the songs.