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(KRON) — Bay Area rapper Ruby Ibarra has been crowned the winner of this year’s NPR Tiny Desk Contest. Ibarra, a Filipino rapper who grew up in San Lorenzo, rose to the top of nearly 7,500 entrants ...

We received nearly 7,500 entries from independent artists across the country for the Tiny Desk Contest. That's a record for the project, now in its 11th year, which has catapulted the careers of ...

Ruby Ibarra says decisively, “This is the moment I’ve been waiting for.” The Filipina rapper, who won this year’s Tiny Desk Contest, has come close to such a moment before. Early in her career, she’d ...

SAN FRANCISCO - From Tacloban City to the Bay Area music scene, Ruby Ibarra is using music, poetry and storytelling to amplify the immigrant experience in her own voice. Some of Ibarra’s earliest ...

We received nearly 7,500 entries from independent artists across the country for the Tiny Desk Contest. That's a record for the project, now in its 11th year, which has catapulted the careers of ...

Filipino-American rapper and producer Ruby Ibarra made her NPR Tiny Desk Concert debut, performing with an all-Filipino band. NPR said that out of 7,500 entries from independent artists across the ...

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While we in the United States spend July 4 celebrating American Independence, the day also marks Filipino Independence, a holiday also known as Filipino-American Friendship Day. We honor this day by ...

Ruby Ibarra, a Filipino-American rapper from the Bay Area known for her potent storytelling, made her debut on NPR’s Tiny Desk this week. Chosen among 7,500 entries from independent artists across the ...