THE ON-MAN COMETH: Onry Ozzborn will be at BackBar SoFa's weekly cypher.

Brooding and rhyming like a hip-hop Leonard Cohen, Onry Ozzborn comes to San Jose for a cypher showdown. He is one of many Rhymesayer label rappers, such as Aesop Rock, Mr. Lif and Busdriver. Ozzborn’s alternative style is also deeply personal and inventive. The rapper has multiple side projects such as, Grayskul, Dark Time Sunshine and Oldominion. His latest mixtape Black Phillip is Gothic boom-bap with many allusions to witchcraft and vampirism. The cypher, a freestyle rhyming session held each Wednesday at BackBar, features emcee 2Mex and special guests Early Adopted, Mextape, Mr. P Chill, Mr. Hooper, Cleen and Cypher Squad.

Onry Ozzborn
Wed, 9pm, $5+
BackBar SoFa, San Jose