(Santa Barbara, CA) — 91.9 KCSB-FM, Santa Barbara’s non-commercial, impartial, student-run radio station, welcomes up-and-coming different rappers Hook and CLIP for a showcase at UCSB’s Storke Plaza on November 18 at 8 PM. The present is free, all-ages, substance-free, and open to campus and neighborhood. It will likely be KCSB’s first out of doors live performance open to most people in three years and will likely be co-presented by UCSB’s Related College students Program Board. Doorways open at 7:45 PM.
Hailing from Riverside, CA, Hook broke out in 2019 together with her self-titled EP and hasn’t regarded again since. Her attention-getting model is stuffed with brazen vitality, drum machine fueled chaos, and magnetic flows, which has made her one of the vital versatile names within the rap scene. Since her debut, she has collaborated with artists similar to AzChike, Zack Fox, and 645AR, dropped 4 albums, and been praised for her distinctive sound by publications like The Fader, Pitchfork, and OkayPlayer.
CLIP could also be most well-known for her viral 2020 hit “Unhappy B!***,” however since then the New York Metropolis rapper has continued to develop her discography together with her synth-heavy, spacey, distorted sound. Whether or not she’s rapping over 808’s or singing over drum n’ bass, her songs immerse followers right into a full spectrum of her moods. Described as “Hip Hop’s hottest alt woman” in The Fader, CLIP paves the best way together with her rebellious, decided, and self-made character. Within the final two months alone, she has additionally been featured in publications similar to Pitchfork, Hypebeast, and carried out for Rolling Loud New York.
About KCSB-FM 91.9: Established in 1962, non-commercial neighborhood radio station KCSB-FM presents sounds and views from the Tri-Counties and free year-round coaching to people and teams with out different entry to media assets. Named “Finest Radio Station” by readers of the Santa Barbara Impartial in 2020, each pupil and non-student volunteers study to supply music, information, sports activities, cultural arts, and public affairs content material airing 24/7/365 at 91.9 FM and on-line at kcsb.org. Most reveals are produced regionally, however KCSB hosts nationwide and internationally syndicated applications similar to Democracy Now! and Deutsche Welle Information. KCSB is funded by self-assessed pupil charges as a part of Related College students UCSB in addition to listener donations.
KCSB’s particular occasions — which embrace stay musical performances, open mics, lectures, city corridor boards and movie screenings — carry house the range and international attain of our radio programming’s musical genres, together with the creative, subcultural, mental, and demographic excellence of this College of California campus and the higher communities of which we’re an element.
