New Video: RUBY IBARRA is "Taking Names" and going hard with Bambu & Nump

Sharing her immigrant story with a sharp flow, Filipino-American rapper and spoken word artist, Ruby Ibarra, released a visual for her track "TAKING NAMES," (feat. Nump and Bambu) on Nov. 29. The song is from her 2017 debut album Circa91.

And when it's roll call, They know my name now. I make them all fall. I'm 'bouta break out.

Born in Tacloban, Philippines in 1991, her family moved to San Lorenzo, California when she was a young child. The now 27-year-old, raps in Tagalog and English, and focuses on the impact of colorism, colonialism and culture with her art.

There’s some crazy Filipinos in here. From the jungle, yeah the savage is real.

Check out her new music video below. On Twitter, she tweeted recently that two more visuals ("Curtain Call" and "Playbills") are on the way.

Thank you all for watching the new Taking Names video!!! Let me know what yall think & what your favorite scenes were ☺️ #CurtainCall & #Playbills are next— almost done with these video treatments 😈 Coming next month. photo by @jmrln pic.twitter.com/JHFwbkUoGD
— Ruby Ibarra (@rubyibarra) November 30, 2018

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New Video: RUBY IBARRA is "Taking Names" and going hard with Bambu & Nump

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