It's 8pm on a Friday night, and New York City's Union Square is bustling. Aside from the standard tourists and guitar-wielding street performers, a group congregates to show off its rhyme skills. This is Legendary Cyphers, and its ever-growing list of members spend their Friday nights free-styling and celebrating the art of hip hop. 

In episode 2 of our newest series, Cypher Sessions, we follow the story of Y?, a self-proclaimed alien whose spaceship crash landed in Queens, NY. The emcee lives and breathes music, whether it be a gig for his own band, recording in his studio, teaching kids or spitting freestyles in Union Square on Friday nights. "The cypher's really spiritual to me," Y? confesses. "It's a very sacred place that represents that energy, and a lot of love and unity." 

Watch Episode 2 below and stay tuned for Episode 3 on Wednesday, December 2.

In case you missed it, watch Episode 1 on our Cypher Sessions channel.