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.

Collaboration is at the heart of some of the best music, and rap cyphers have long been a way for artists to exchange ideas. On episode 4 of The Rap Game UK, the artists have to do just that ...

The night of the BET Hip-Hop Awards is the closest thing hip-hop has to a cultural holiday, in large part, because of the freestyle “Cyphers” scattered throughout the evening. The Cyphers are ...

Our writer explains that the word 'cypher,' in hip-hop, comes from the religious movement called the Five Percent. A new cypher is being released in Dallas, with producer Prynce P at the helm.

Ryan James started the Cypher City Hip-Hop Festival last year. The local promoter hopes to bring it to downtown eventually.

The Cypher is a hip-hop collective dedicated to perfecting the art of both spoken and written word. Lacey founded it in 2004 when he saw the need for a safe space for Michigan's student hip-hop ...