Ceres rap artists release new project • ‘Run on Sentences’ collaboration reflects life in pandemic lockdown Ceres natives Nevin Shoker (in front) and Kevin Elkin collaborate in the music video Melrose Blues. The song is scheduled to be released in an indie film this year. The music video was shot at Shoker’s Los Angeles apartment.
Two aspiring alternative hip hop musicians who grew up in Ceres – one now living in Los Angeles – have just released a collaborative project born of the 2020 pandemic lockdown.
Nevin Shoker, 24, whose rap name is ibeshocker, and Kevin Elkin, 27, who goes by Kevvie3TM, collaborated for the mini-album “Run on Sentences.” Shoker, a 2014 Central Valley High School graduate, said the Extended Play’s main themes are insecurities and anxiety of independent artists striving for success as well as holding onto hope and running on optimism.