Heart of Project Cypher 3: Sick Daze
By Mr. Joe Walker
Project
Cypher is an annual charity concert founded and produced by hip-hop star HighTyde (Ryan Evans). This year’s event,
Project Cypher 3, emanates from The Warehouse in Battle Creek, MI on May 14. Sponsored
by The EDGE 104.9FM,
its purpose is to raise donations for 3-year-old Jaxon House who suffers from Dihydrolipoamide Dehydrogenase Deficiency. A successful producer, designer,
video director and recording artist, Hightyde will be the first to say Project
Cypher is bigger than he and hip-hop combined several times over.
Hip-hop duo Sick Daze would
agree.
All the artists scheduled to perform are the heart of
Project Cypher 3. Each of them, which includes Ko-D and F-man, adds strength to
its pulse.
I asked the “Chasing
Stars” pair what they get from being part of Project Cypher. This is what they
had to say.
“I chose to be part of Project Cypher because it helps
show the positive side of hip-hop. I don't even think of it as a charity night.
Yeah the last couple have been for a child that's had an unfortunate diagnosis,
and we're there to raise awareness and money for a good cause, but at the
roots of it, it’s a raw ass hip-hop show.
Extreme local talent and huge crowds
equals a great atmosphere that can really get the event going. It's always a
great time. We do it for hip-hop and we do it for Jaxon.” – Ko-D
“I want to and have been a part of Project Cypher
since the beginning, and I am blessed to say that because music is everything
to me - literally. Music has done a lot for me over the years. I never really
had much so I definitely know the struggles of life, and that they can change
people. I just want to be able to give back and make a difference in someone
else's life like music’s done for me. It has got me through years of
struggles and kept me going. So if I can help make someone else's life
different, I’m all about it.
Everybody deserves to have a chance to be happy in life. Project Cypher is
a great outlet to do that with giving to others in need and spreading awareness.
Me and Kayo Dash Dee make nothing from these shows. We donate all that we get
from tickets to help support. And I have mad love for Ryan Evans for bringing
us, Sick Daze, back every year to be able to give back and put on a show.” – F-Man