clipping.

About

clipping. is a rap trio from Los Angeles formed in 2010 by William Hutson (Rale), film soundtrack composer Jonathan Snipes (ex-Captain Ahab) and vocalist Daveed Diggs. Lyrically, clipping.’s music attempts to reshuffle and repeat accepted rap scenarios, while eliminating a traditional single-point perspective. Diggs’s writing is heavily citational, like a rough-edged collage, gluing together half-glimpsed images and misremembered references, many of which might feel familiar, and some of which assuredly do not.

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  The Rechabite · Perth · Australia · 2026-06-07
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  CLIPPING. (USA)

  Manning Bar · Camperdown · Australia · 2026-06-09
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  CLIPPING (USA)

  Northcote Theatre · Northcote · Australia · 2026-06-10
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  The Princess Theatre · Brisbane · Australia · 2026-06-11
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  Constellation Room · Santa Ana · United States Of America · 2026-08-03
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  Clipping w/ Open Mike Eagle

  Music Box - San Diego · San Diego · United States Of America · 2026-08-04
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