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Skusta Clee
Birth name Daryl Jake Borja Ruiz
Born (1996-02-16) February 16, 1996 (age 29)
General Trias, Cavite
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Rapper
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • record producer
  • actor
  • Dancer
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Years active 2014–present
Labels
  • Ex Battalion Music
  • Panty Droppaz League
  • Saucy Island Records
YouTube information
Subscribers 3 million
Total views 185.816 million
Subscriber and view counts updated as of June 7, 2024.

Daryl Jake Borja Ruiz (born February 16, 1996), known professionally as Skusta Clee, is a Filipino rapper, singer-songwriter, actor and a member of the Filipino hip-hop collective Ex Battalion. He is known for his numerous hit singles "Zebbiana", "Pauwi Nako", and "Dance With You" and is notably regarded as the pioneer of the Pinoy trap genre, as he first started the mainstream trap movement in the country. He is also a member of O.C. Dawgs, a hip-hop group he formed in 2012.

History and career

A controversial figure in local hip-hop, Ruiz is perhaps the most prominent hip-hop artist in the Philippines from the late 2010s to the early 2020s. He has amassed billions of combined streams on all digital platforms, such as Spotify and YouTube. He is the pioneer of the Pinoy trap genre, as he started the mainstream trap movement in the country. His tracks dominated Musical.ly in 2016, and which he joined the collective Ex Battalion in the same year.

The singer-rapper is also an artist of Ex Battalion's partner label, Panty Droppaz League. Among the label's greatest hits which gave rise to its phenomenal success are Pauwi Nako, Zebbiana, and Dance With You which were released in 2018, 2019, and 2020, garnering hundreds of millions of views and streams on YouTube and Spotify.

In 2019, Ruiz starred on the box-office feature Sons of Nanay Sabel alongside his groupmates from Ex Battalion.

In Coco Martin and Angelica Panganiban's 2021 romantic comedy film Love or Money, Ruiz's Zebbiana was used as the movie's theme song and became part of its official soundtrack.

On June 20, 2021, Skusta Clee released the song "Lagi" (lit. Everyday). The video for the song included his newborn daughter.

On October 31, 2021, Skusta Clee released Karma featuring Gloc-9, with an accompanying Thriller-inspired music video starring Bea Alonzo and Awra Briguela. The short film was premiered on Halloween and gained over 2 million views and took the top trending spot on YouTube PH shortly after its release. Alonzo also considers the music video as her Halloween entry for the year. The song is produced by Daniel "Flip D" Tuazon and Christian "Chriilz" Andalez and the music video is directed by Titus Cee.

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Discography

Extended plays

List of extended plays with selected details
Title Album Details Ref.
Trifecta
(with Flow G)

Singles

As a lead artist

Year Title Album
2018 Paalam
(with Future Thug)
Non-album singles
Sa Susunod Na Lang
(featuring Yuri ...)
2019 Zebbiana
2020 N'Luv
(featuring Leslie)
Umaasa
Nandito Lang Ako
(with Jnske, Leslie, Honcho, Bullet D & Flow G)
Kung Tayo
Dance With You
(featuring Yuri ...)
2021 Lagi
Kung Tayo & Imahe
(with Magnus Haven)
Ang Liwanag
(with Magnus Haven)
Karma
(featuring Gloc-9)
Kaya Natin
2022 Alak Pa
(featuring Yuri ...)
Solo
2023 Testing
Ikaw Na Nga Yon
(featuring Flow G)
Noche Buena
Lagabog
(featuring Illest Morena)

As a featured artist

Year Title
2019 HBD (Birthday Mo)
(with Donnalyn Bartolome, Bassilyo, Smugglaz, Zaito)
2020 Dahil Sayo
(with Jom of ALLMO$T)
You & I
(with Chriilz, Ijiboy, Bosx1ne)
Halika Na
(with Billy Crawford)
Pasensya Na
(with Honcho, Jekkpot)
Iisang Tulay
(with Mike Kosa, OG Sacred)
Wag Na Lang
(with MC Einstein)
2021 Pwedeng Ayusin Natin To?
(with Because)
Sabay sa Ulap
(with SLy Kane, Jkris, Zargon)
2022 Kumpisal
(with Gloc-9)
2023 Bawal
(with Yuri ...)
Paasa (Remix)
(with Chriilz)
Huli Na
(with Yuri ...)
Laya
(with Flow G)
2024 Ligaw Na Bullet
(with Denise Laurel)

Personal life

His former partner, Filipina-Lebanese YouTuber Zeinab Harake, gave birth to a daughter fathered by Ruiz on April 28, 2021. In May 2022, Harake confirmed her break-up with Ruiz.

Awards and nominations

Award ceremony Year Category Nominee(s)/work(s) Result Ref.
MYX Music Awards 2020 Spotify's Top OPM Hip-Hop Artist Skusta Clee Won
Wish Music Awards 2019 Wishclusive R&B Performance of the Year Zebbiana Won
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