{"id":230572,"date":"2026-07-08T09:00:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T07:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=230572"},"modified":"2026-07-07T10:39:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T08:39:45","slug":"cipha-sounds-lemme-ask-you-this-with-talib-kweli-tef-poe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/cipha-sounds-lemme-ask-you-this-with-talib-kweli-tef-poe\/","title":{"rendered":"Cipha Sounds @ Lemme Ask You This With Talib Kweli &#038; Tef Poe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0FoUbnIjjWU?si=1Er4dC4mKGwQbsKy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Episode 21 of Lemme Ask You This with Talib Kweli and Tef Poe features New York City DJ and comedian Cipha Sounds. It starts with Talib asking Cipha about his children, which leads to a conversation about how video games impact the world. Talib and Cipha talk about Cipha&#8217;s birthday party. Talib says the show is a pause free zone and talks about how gamers are more respected now. Cipha talks about having multiple skill sets and how he went from being a DJ to being a comedian. Talib asks Cipha how he feels about celebrities DJing. Cipha talks about being the dj on The Chappelle Show and how Dave Chappelle moves like a rapper. Cipha gives Ice Spice advice on how to rock any crowd. Tef asks Cipha about his relationship with Biggie and Cipha talks about when Bad Boy ruled the nightclubs. Talib asks about how it feels to play Diddy records right now. Cipha breaks down his experiences working at radio and how the radio does not represent real hiphop. Cipha talks about how being Black doesn&#8217;t automatically make you an expert on hiphop and Talib talks about how too much of the gate keeping conversations in hiphop are had by people who don&#8217;t participate in hiphop. Tef talks about how other regions did not play real hiphop on the radio. Cipha talks about being a fan of different regions of hiphop and signing Coo Coo Cal. Talib asks about the Latino participation in hiphop. Cipha Sounds talks about using the N word and how racial classifications get convoluted in Latino communities. Talib talks about being trolled by ADOS and FBA. Cipha talks about colorism in Latino communities and how Latinos can also be racist. Cipha talks about his experiences as a five percenter and how African Americans can sometimes gate keep Blackness. Talib talks about how conservatives try to co-opt Malcolm X. Cipha talks about breaking reggae records and what he learned from Funk Flex. Tef asks about Funk Flex long tenure in NY. 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