DON CIPHER

Hip Hop • Memphis, 38127, US

Events

Aug192018
Show at The Stage Stop
Sun 20:00 · The Stage Stop
Memphis, TN
Aug182018
Show at Nile Sport Bar & Hookah Lounge
Sat 20:00 · Nile Sport Bar & Hookah Lounge
Nashville, TN
May282017
Show at Jazid
Sun 17:00 · Jazid
Miami Beach, FL
Aug242016
Show at Blue Note Bar & Grill
Wed 20:00 · Blue Note Bar & Grill
Memphis, TN
Aug52016
Show at Tremor Underground
Fri 20:00 · Tremor Underground
Raleigh, NC
Mar162016
Show at THE BAYOU LOUNGE
Wed 12:00 · THE BAYOU LOUNGE
Austin, TX
Feb202016
Show at Holiday Inn Grand BallRoom
Sat 20:00 · Holiday Inn Grand BallRoom
Memphis, TN
Oct272015
Show at The New Daisy Theatre
Tue 20:00 · The New Daisy Theatre
Memphis, TN
Sep42015
Show at Apache Cafe
Fri 20:00 · Apache Cafe
Atlanta, GA
Aug52015
Show at Jerry's Wicker Park
Wed 20:00 · Jerry's Wicker Park
Chicago, IL
Jul262015
Show at RockHouse Live Midtown
Sun 19:00 · RockHouse Live Midtown
Memphis, TN
Jul192015
Show at Brinson
Sun 20:00 · Brinson
Memphis, TN
Jun132015
Show at Club Infinity
Sat 20:00 · Club Infinity
Memphis, TN
Mar142015
Show at Holiday Inn Memphis Airport Hotet & Conf. Center
Sat 19:30 · Holiday Inn Memphis Airport Hotet & Conf. Center
Memphis, TN
Feb212015
Show at Holiday Inn Memphis Airport Hotet & Conf. Center
Sat 19:30 · Holiday Inn Memphis Airport Hotet & Conf. Center
Memphis, TN
Nov282014
Show at Purple Haze Night Club
Fri 20:00 · Purple Haze Night Club
Memphis, TN
Nov142014
Show at Lounge 11
Fri 21:00 · Lounge 11
Memphis, TN
Nov82014
Show at The New Daisy Theatre
Sat 20:00 · The New Daisy Theatre
Memphis, TN
Sep182014
Show at The Atrium Event Center
Thu 20:00 · The Atrium Event Center
Stone Mountain, GA
Aug262014
Show at Silver Spoon
Tue 22:00 · Silver Spoon
Memphis, TN
Aug162014
Show at Ice Bar & Gril
Sat 16:00 · Ice Bar & Gril
Memphis, TN
Aug142014
Show at Apache Cafe
Thu 21:00 · Apache Cafe
Atlanta, GA
Jul182014
Show at Aji Sports Bar and Grill
Fri 22:00 · Aji Sports Bar and Grill
Memphis, TN
Jul162014
Show at The New Daisy Theatre
Wed 18:30 · The New Daisy Theatre
Memphis, TN
Jun212014
Show at The New Daisy Theatre
Sat 19:00 · The New Daisy Theatre
Memphis, TN
May172014
Show at The Checkerboard Lounge
Sat 20:00 · The Checkerboard Lounge
Chicago, IL
Aug32013
Show at The New Daisy Theatre
Sat 18:30 · The New Daisy Theatre
Memphis, TN
Jul282013
Show at Ice Bar & Gril
Sun 22:00 · Ice Bar & Gril
Memphis, TN
Jun292013
Show at Ice Bar & Gril
Sat 18:00 · Ice Bar & Gril
Memphis, TN
Jun82013
Show at The New Daisy Theatre
Sat 19:00 · The New Daisy Theatre
Memphis, TN
Jun32013
Show at Elbo Room
Mon 19:00 · Elbo Room
Chicago, IL
Apr272013
Show at The New Daisy Theatre
Sat 17:00 · The New Daisy Theatre
Memphis, TN
Apr82013
Show at CLUB CRUCIAL
Mon 19:00 · CLUB CRUCIAL
Atlanta, GA
Jan172013
Show at Monday Night Boxing @ Pure Passion
Thu 23:00 · Monday Night Boxing @ Pure Passion
Memphis, TN
Nov32012
Show at The New Daisy Theatre
Sat 18:30 · The New Daisy Theatre
Memphis, TN
Jun172012
Show at Sky Grille
Sun 21:00 · Sky Grille
Memphis, TN
Feb32012
Show at Lashawns Sportsbar & Grill
Fri 22:00 · Lashawns Sportsbar & Grill
Memphis, TN
Feb32012
Show at Lashawns Sportsbar & Grill
Fri 22:00 · Lashawns Sportsbar & Grill
Memphis, TN
Feb32012
Show at Lashawns Sportsbar & Grill
Fri 22:00 · Lashawns Sportsbar & Grill
Memphis, TN
Feb32012
Show at Lashawns Sportsbar & Grill
Fri 22:00 · Lashawns Sportsbar & Grill
Memphis, TN
Feb32012
Show at Lashawns Sportsbar & Grill
Fri 22:00 · Lashawns Sportsbar & Grill
Memphis, TN
Feb32012
Show at Lashawns Sportsbar & Grill
Fri 22:00 · Lashawns Sportsbar & Grill
Memphis, TN
Feb32012
Show at Lashawns Sportsbar & Grill
Fri 22:00 · Lashawns Sportsbar & Grill
Memphis, TN
Feb32012
Show at Lashawns Sportsbar & Grill
Fri 22:00 · Lashawns Sportsbar & Grill
Memphis, TN
Feb32012
Show at Lashawns Sportsbar & Grill
Fri 22:00 · Lashawns Sportsbar & Grill
Memphis, TN
Feb22012
Show at The Rumba Room
Thu 21:00 · The Rumba Room
Memphis, TN
Jun112011
Show at New Daisy Theatre
Sat 18:30 · New Daisy Theatre
Memphis, TN
Jan72011
Show at New Daisy Theatre
Fri 20:00 · New Daisy Theatre
Memphis, TN
Dec182010
Show at Lashawn's Sports Bar and Grill
Sat 20:00 · Lashawn's Sports Bar and Grill
Memphis, TN
Nov192010
Show at Club Envy
Fri 22:00 · Club Envy
Memphis, TN
Nov132010
Show at New Daisy Theatre
Sat 18:00 · New Daisy Theatre
Memphis, TN

About the Artist

Don Cipher: (Born in Chicago, raised in Memphis) May be one of the city's best kept secrets.. Cipher came to Memphis with a pedigree as a performer. His uncle is esteemed Chicago rapper Panama the Proof, who took his young nephew under his wing when he was 13 years old. "That's who I looked up to, and he coached me in writing my early songs," says Cipher. "My earlier rhymes could be kind of raw. I used to jumble paragraphs. I never knew how to measure songs and verses. My earlier songs would be me just writing, I mean 2- or 3-minute verses just straight down the page. I wasn't measuring anything. I had no direction. I just wrote what I felt. (My uncle) took those raps and showed me how to measure verses and bars and create songs out of them instead of them just being a collage of rhymes." It was also his uncle who helped Cipher, originally known as Don P, come up with a more suitable handle. "It had a nice ring to it, and I looked up the definition and liked it -- a secret writing that only the writer or author has the key to unlocking it," he says of Cipher. "In my writing I use that type of technique. When I write, instead of straight poetic scheme, I try to make them into some kind of puzzle that ends up getting solved in the end." Cipher's performing debut came in junior high school. He was asked to write a rhyme as part of an English assignment and ended up performing it in front of the entire student body. He was immediately addicted to the attention. Early on Cipher's parents split, and he moved to Memphis with his father. As a student at Westside High School, Cipher began to forge his own sound, a more lyrical approach that stood out from the city's usual crunk. "My style is a poetic style, for lack of a better term," he says. "If you were to take away the beat, you could still feel my songs and the meaning of my songs without it. I try to make them as potent without the beat as with it because early on I didn't have access to beats." Eventually, Cipher found the beats. He has released 6 albums to date: The Rough Draft, released when he was just 16; The Meltdown; and in 2009, Need I Say More; Icing On The Cake, Show Me Love, and If Not Me Then Who Part 1 And a seventh is due for release in the next few weeks. In the meantime, he has been busy putting out singles -- like his recently well-received local hit "Holla If U Need Dat" for which he also shot a video viewable on YouTube -- as well as working on building his own clothing brand, Team Light It Up, which he sees as part and parcel with the music. "Whoever takes the time out to come see what I'm doing, to come see me perform, they'll appreciate it," he says. "I have a strong belief they'll be attached to what I've got going because I have such a genuine love for the music."

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Events

Show at The Stage Stop

Show at Nile Sport Bar & Hookah Lounge

Show at Jazid

Show at Blue Note Bar & Grill

Show at Tremor Underground

Show at THE BAYOU LOUNGE

Show at Holiday Inn Grand BallRoom

Show at The New Daisy Theatre

Show at Apache Cafe

Show at Jerry's Wicker Park

Show at RockHouse Live Midtown

Show at Brinson

Show at Club Infinity

Show at Holiday Inn Memphis Airport Hotet & Conf. Center

Show at Holiday Inn Memphis Airport Hotet & Conf. Center

Show at Purple Haze Night Club

Show at Lounge 11

Show at The New Daisy Theatre

Show at The Atrium Event Center

Show at Silver Spoon

Show at Ice Bar & Gril

Show at Apache Cafe

Show at Aji Sports Bar and Grill

Show at The New Daisy Theatre

Show at The New Daisy Theatre

Show at The Checkerboard Lounge

Show at The New Daisy Theatre

Show at Ice Bar & Gril

Show at Ice Bar & Gril

Show at The New Daisy Theatre

Show at Elbo Room

Show at The New Daisy Theatre

Show at CLUB CRUCIAL

Show at Monday Night Boxing @ Pure Passion

Show at The New Daisy Theatre

Show at Sky Grille

Show at Lashawns Sportsbar & Grill

Show at Lashawns Sportsbar & Grill

Show at Lashawns Sportsbar & Grill

Show at Lashawns Sportsbar & Grill

Show at Lashawns Sportsbar & Grill

Show at Lashawns Sportsbar & Grill

Show at Lashawns Sportsbar & Grill

Show at Lashawns Sportsbar & Grill

Show at Lashawns Sportsbar & Grill

Show at The Rumba Room

Show at New Daisy Theatre

Show at New Daisy Theatre

Show at Lashawn's Sports Bar and Grill

Show at Club Envy

Show at New Daisy Theatre