Just ask the countless rappers and emcees who’ve graced the stage at Da Cypher: Aych means what he says, and won’t hold back.
Last year, the Bay area hip-hop scene elder statesman and staple announced that 2024 would mark the end of his nearly 20-years running open mic, which has been both a gauntlet and incubator for anyone who wants to make it in the local rap game.
For this final installment, some of Aych’s favorites will help the city pay respects as part of a night that’ll be more-or-less a mini music festival featuring vendors, food pop ups, and some of the best rappers the Bay area has to offer.
Aych’s final “Da Cypher” happens at Crowbar in Ybor City on Saturday, June 29.
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Tampa rapper Aych closes the door on 18 years of ‘Da Cypher’ this weekend
The open mic was a gauntlet and incubator for countless local emcees.
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Ray Roa
Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief in August 2019. Past work can be seen at Suburban Apologist, Tampa Bay Times, Consequence of Sound and The...
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