(Santa Barbara, CA) — 91.9 KCSB-FM, Santa Barbara’s non-commercial, impartial, student-run radio station, welcomes up-and-coming various 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 group. It is going to be KCSB’s first outside live performance open to most of the 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 along with her self-titled EP and hasn’t appeared again since. Her attention-getting type is stuffed with brazen vitality, drum machine fueled chaos, and magnetic flows, which has made her one of the crucial versatile names within the rap scene. Since her debut, she has collaborated with artists comparable 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 along 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 way in which along with her rebellious, decided, and self-made character. Within the final two months alone, she has additionally been featured in publications comparable to Pitchfork, Hypebeast, and carried out for Rolling Loud New York.
About KCSB-FM 91.9: Established in 1962, non-commercial group radio station KCSB-FM gives sounds and views from the Tri-Counties and free year-round coaching to people and teams with out different entry to media assets. Named “Greatest Radio Station” by readers of the Santa Barbara Impartial in 2020, each pupil and non-student volunteers study to provide 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 comparable 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 reside musical performances, open mics, lectures, city corridor boards and movie screenings — carry dwelling the variety and world attain of our radio programming’s musical genres, together with the inventive, subcultural, mental, and demographic excellence of this College of California campus and the better communities of which we’re an element.
