The countdown to the second Cypher City Hip-Hop Festival started some time ago for founder Ryan James. He could hardly contain his enthusiasm for the festival during an interview with the News Journal ...

Ryan James wants to dispel the misperceptions surrounding hip-hop. "When you think hip-hop, it comes with an element of fear," he said, "because people associate it with guns, violence and drugs." ...

Some of battle rap’s nicest writers penned and voiced bars for LeBron, KD, Butler, Embiid and Jokić in the NBA superstars battle rap cypher. The worlds of Hip-Hop and basketball have collided in a new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The cyphers are about presence, attitude and that undeniable spark that makes the audience pay attention. For many of these ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. St. Louis underground rappers Ron G, Tank the Machine, Bo Dean, MC Tres and A-Game during Boomin Visual's HUSTL3 C1T4 cypher.

It might be 95 degrees on this sultry summer evening in East Point, but here in the CreateATL outdoor space, much of the heat the crowd is feeling comes from the rapid-fire lyrical craftsmanship that ...

Hip Hop Film Festival’s 10th anniversary will spotlight Master Cyphers, a three-day Harlem series of film industry talks with a twist. The Hip Hop Film Festival is celebrating its 10th anniversary by ...

Robert Purcell Community Center — usually buzzing with students on late night Nasties runs and aggressive quarter-carders — took on a different role Friday night as it housed the C.U. Cyphers’ and ...

For almost a year, specifically since April 2021, Hennessy has been at the forefront of championing for hip hop art in Kenya. Through a range of cyphers perfomances, Hennessy has given emerging ...