Little Simz – ‘Boss’

Little Simz – ‘Boss’

  In ‘Boss’, Simz describes her rise to the top and asserts herself as a formidable artist in a predominantly male sphere. Inverting the masculinist language of the song title, she issues a warning shot: “I’m a boss in a fucking...
Spekulativ Fiktion – ‘Google’

Spekulativ Fiktion – ‘Google’

Spek details the Local Geological Record that tracks the first animal to walk on land (and it’s in Ireland, where CIPHER is based!). Dropping some intensely local knowledge, he highlights the importance of heritage: “its feckin’ timeless, like the Tetrapod...

Global Hip Hop Studies Issue 1

We’re delighted to announce the inaugural issue of the CIPHER-associated journal Global Hip Hop Studies, published by Intellect Books (UK). Here’s the lowdown on the journal: Global Hip Hop Studies (GHHS) is a peer-reviewed, rigorous and...

Ya boy! RTÉ News Segment

Here’s an early report on the CIPHER project conducted by Ireland’s public broadcast service RTÉ News. Griff and Cork artist Spekulativ Fiktion briefly describe how CIPHER got off the ground and plans for the...