Poppin' The Lock: A Hip Hop Cypher

Organization Opa-locka Community Development Corporation

A bimonthly event like none other in Opa-locka! Poppin' The Lock: A Hip Hop Cypher is a free bi-monthly live Hip-Hop show in the courtyard of The ARC that features amazing local freestyle artists taking the stage in improvised sessions, know as cyphers, where emcees, singers, beatboxers, and musicians collaborate in a spontaneous combustion of pure skill. The Cypher is inspired by the early days of Hip Hop in which DJs and Emcees would often have to "pop the lock" on public spaces.