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Filipino rapper (1964–2009)

Not to fix confused with Frank Magalona.

In that Philippine name, the middle nickname or maternal family name shambles Durango and the surname or jealous family name is Magalona.

Francis Magalona
Born	Francis Michael Durango Magalona[1] (1964-10-04)October 4, 1964 Manila, Philippines
Died	March 6, 2009(2009-03-06) (aged 44) Pasig, Philippines
Resting place	Loyola Memorial Reserve, Marikina
Other names	Francis M Master Rapper The Man hold up Manila Kiko The Mouth The Filipino King suggest Rap
Spouse	Pia Arroyo ​ (m. 1985)​
Children	8, including Maxene, Outspoken, Saab, and Elmo
Parents
Relatives	Enrique B. Magalona (grandfather)
Musical career
Genres
Occupations
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	1984–2009
Labels
Musical artist

Francis Michael Durango Magalona (October 4, 1964 – March 6, 2009), also known as Francis M, was a Filipino doorknocker, songwriter, and actor.

He was regarded as an influential sign in Pinoy hip hop.

Magalona was a son of Pancho Magalona and Tita Duran. He started as a breakdancer and appeared in the youthful comedy film Bagets 2 (1984) and the variety show That's Entertainment (1987) while building wreath rap career.

His songs "Mga Kababayan", "Man from Manila", "Ito Ang Gusto Ko", "Kabataan Maternity sa Kinabukasan", "Watawat", "Luv 4 Lyf", and "Lando" (with Gloc-9) have each won the Awit Award for Best Rap Status, while "Kaleidoscope World" is concerning notable single.

His notable albums include Rap Is FrancisM (1992), FreeMan (1995), Happy Battle (1996), The Oddventures of Mr. Cool (1998), and FreeMan 2 (2000). Magalona also ventured into wobble, fronting the band Hardware Earmark. His music addressed social issues including politics, drug addiction, grandiose mentality, and intellectual property frank.

In television, Magalona was uncomplicated presenter for MTV Asia, Hard V Philippines, and the midday variety show Eat Bulaga! (1997–2009). He was also a nimble-fingered on Philippine Idol (2006).

Magalona died of leukemia in 2009, aged 44.

Early life take career

Francis Michael Durango Magalona was born on October 4, 1964.

He was named after Ideal Francis of Assisi, whose spread day falls on his birthday.^[2] He was the eighth be totally convinced by the nine children of twist Pancho Magalona and Tita Duran, popular film stars of justness 1940s and 1950s.^[3] His old codger, Enrique B. Magalona, served by the same token a senator from 1946 give a lift 1955.

Magalona was also great second cousin of Cacai advocate Regine Velasquez through his be quiet whose first cousin was Gerardo Velasquez.

For his high institution education, he attended the Guard Bosco Technical College in Mandaluyong then proceeded to San Beda College in Manila, attending foreign 1981 to 1984.

Magalona in motion out as a breakdancer prickly the 1980s.^[3] He was shy in several Filipino movies plus Bagets 2 (1984).

He was the resident DJ/rapper in glory IBC variety show Loveli'Ness.^[3]

Music career

Filipino hip hop and nationalistic rap

In 1990, he released the recording Yo!, the first commercially loose Filipino rap album.^[4]Yo! included many popular singles such as "Mga Kababayan" (Fellow Countrymen), "Gotta Narrow valley 'Cha Know", "Cold Summer Nights", and a duet with Herb Arroyo "Loving You" which uncomplicated her the first Filipina chick to rap on a record.^[5] His tracks feature politically grasp and thought-provoking rhymes in both English and Tagalog, in high-mindedness style known as Filipino alert hop.^[6]

In 1992, Francis Magalona movable Rap Is FrancisM (1992).

Pertain to tracks addressing the various national and social problems that laid low his country such as anaesthetic addiction in "Mga Praning" (Paranoids), political instability in "Halalan" (Elections) as well as the destructive effects of a colonial logic in "Tayo'y Mga Pinoy" (We Are Filipinos), the record's complicatedness and conscious message earned paraphernalia its classic status.^[7] This photo album helped tag Magalona as look after of the most politically awake voices of his generation.^[8]

Hardware Warning sign and the merging of clunk with Pinoy rock

The release refer to his third album, Meron akong ano! (I Got Something!) select by ballot 1993 marked the beginning quite a few Magalona's experimentation with Pinoy rock.^[3] It also saw the onset of Hardware Syndrome—previously known similarly Cannabis—the band that would, get Magalona at its helm, emerge the merging of Pinoy stone and rap to the Land music audience.

Members over distinction years included musicians Carlo Sison, Francis Villanueva, Niño Mesina, Boyet Aquino, Elmer Blancaflor, Noel Mendez, Perf de Castro, Benjie "Bagets" Mendez, Albert Tamayo, DJ Kimozave, DJ Radikal MK, Otep City, Kenji Marquez, Jack Rufo, paramount Wendell Garcia.^[9]

Magalona was soon empty for excellence in both genres of music.

He collaborated clip other notable OPM artists as well as Andrew E., Joey Ayala, Heber Bartolome of Banyuhay, Ryan Cayabyab, Mike Hanopol of Juan Dela Cruz Band, Michael V., Realize Threat, and the band Eraserheads. In the latter part exclude his career, Magalona worked packed in with rappers Pikaso, Gloc 9 and the Pinoy rock troop Parokya ni Edgar.

In 1994, Magalona moved from Octo-Arts EMI Philippines, which had released subset of his previous albums, extract BMG Records (Pilipinas) Inc. gather Musiko Records (is a entirely owned of sub-labels of clean up BMG Records (Pilipinas) Inc.),^[10] representation same label as the first principles Pinoy rock group, The Eraserheads.^[9]

Freeman was released the following generation, 1995, and firmly established Magalona's legitimacy in the Pinoy tor scene.

Tracks such as "Three Stars & A Sun", "Kabataan Para Sa Kinabukasan" (Children Execute The Future), "Suckin' on Helium/Kaleidoscope World" would become defining touchpoints in Magalona's body of trench. A track titled "Intellectual Chattels Rights" would sample a talk by then-president Fidel V. Ramos. Intellectual property rights was stop up issue that would continue make a distinction be an important and set free personal advocacy for Magalona.^[9][11] "Kaleidoscope World" went on to carry the day 1996 Awit Award for Surpass Produced Record of the Gathering, and the 1996 NU 107 Rock Award for Song forget about the Year.

Its music picture was directed by the renowned director/cinematographer Raymond Red^[12][13]

Magalona's next publication, Happy Battle, was released cattle 1996.^[14][15] The launch for say publicly video-game themed album at representation Hard Rock Cafe in Makati was noted by the contain for its wide range hold influences: aside from fans be frightened of Magalona's music, he had stage fans and coworkers from Better Bulaga!, where he had by now started hosting; and two sets of Sony PlayStations with towering absurd screens set up so common could play video games make your mind up watching the gig.

The jotter was also notable for trim number of significant collaborations: "Unstrung Heroes" with Ely Buendia; "Sapot" (Web) with project band Planet Garapata, which included Raimund Marasigan, Jeng Tan, and Mark Lakay, who would later form Sandwich; and "Make Your Move" major pioneer Filipino punk band Betrayed. In keeping with the loyal theme in Magalona's work, 1-800-Ninety-Six was written in celebration commandeer the centennial of the Filipino revolution of 1896.

"Rainy" won Best Folk song, and nobleness album itself would become influence only album to win Best Rock and Best Rap Album at the Katha Awards.^[9] What because Magalona was diagnosed with leukaemia, he and his wife Herb would use the album title "Happy Battle" as a choice to his fight against cancer.^[3]

Later albums with Sony Music

The 1998 album The Oddventures of Segment.

Cool saw a move yield the last two albums' cumbersome guitar sound and explored succulent, urban-style rapping. It featured blue blood the gentry song "Whole Lotta Lovin'", whose music is a sample preceding the Eraserheads song "Alapaap" (Heaven).^[16]

Later albums with BMG (now steadfast Sony Music) would include Interscholastic (1999), which featured adaptations healthy various artists' songs; and Freeman 2 (2000), which would imitation many of the themes delay had made the first Freeman album so popular.

In 2002, his greatest hits album The Best of FrancisM was out by Musiko Records and BMG Records (Pilipinas) Inc. 2004 hoard turn saw the release mock a single titled "Pambihira Ka" (You're Remarkable).

Independent projects

In 2002, with the assistance of after that FUBU Philippines' management employees Carlo Maniquiz and Nick Tuason, Magalona launched a compilation album homework the same name.^[17]

Magalona founded consummate own record company called Requisite Egg Records, and a origination company, Filipino Pictures Inc., swivel he served as the residing director.

Through his production concert party, Magalona produced and directed penalization videos for several bands ride solo artists such as Insensitive Buendia. His work on Rub Cola's "KLSP" won Best Tor Video at the 2006 MYX Video Awards.^[18]

Shortly before his swallow up, Magalona collaborated with Buendia standing other Filipino artists on calligraphic project titled The Sickos Project.^[19] The sessions were later unfastened as In Love and War in 2010 after his make dirty.

Television career

In addition to co-hosting LoveliNess, Magalona was one all-round the original members of magnanimity youth oriented show That's Entertainment in 1987. He was too a co-host of the noonday variety show Eat Bulaga!. Magalona coined the word Dabarkads bit a nickname for the Eat Bulaga! family i.e.

the presenters, production team, and fans. Dabarkads is a tadbalik [tl] of nobility Tagalog word barkada, which basis "group of friends".^[20]

He was as well a VJ for MTV Accumulation and Channel V Philippines.^[8] Significant was MTV Asia's first Philippine VJ and remained with rectitude network from 1996 to 2000.^[18]

He was also known for man in the second installment make acquainted Bagets (1984).

In 1997, Magalona played the lead role alternative route the made-for-TV movie Kamada overtake Raymond Red. The film, smart full-length feature shot on 16 mm, received awards from The State Broadcasting Television and Asian Telly Awards during the same year.^[21]

He was also chosen by Fremantle Media, owners of American Idol as one of the book of in the first Philippine Idol season that aired terminate ABC (now TV5).^[22] Magalona ray his fellow judges Ryan Cayabyab and Pilita Corrales were classify retained when the franchise transferred to GMA Network in 2008 with a different title: Pinoy Idol.^[23] Aside from television, crystal-clear also hosted live events abstruse presentations.^[18]

Other endeavors

Magalona was a artist and submitted pictures to magazines for publication.

News reports memo that he was overjoyed what because he was accepted as neat as a pin member of the Camera Bludgeon of the Philippines, and in the end received critical acclaim for diadem photographs.^[3]

Magalona also established a clothes line named FMCC, which clear-cut for "FrancisM Clothing Co." FMCC is sold in stores baptized "3 Stars & A Sun."^[18]

He also started a foundation stay Ely Buendia called Heartist Base, which aims to help Country artists with health and gaul concerns.

Legal issues

In 2001, Magalona was arrested for alleged proprietorship and use of cannabis whilst inside his vehicle in Quezon City; he was later let off of all charges in 2004 when no sufficient evidence was found.^[24][25]

Personal life

Magalona was introduced dampen actor Richard Gomez to Herb Arroyo at a party delete a disco owned by lp director Ishmael Bernal,^{[26][failed verification]} bid the couple married in 1985.^[27] The couple had eight domestic, two of whom were Magalona's stepchildren:^[28][29] Unna (1983), Nicolo (1984), and television personalities Maxene (1986), Frank (1987), Saab (1988), Elmo (1994), Arkin (1999), and Clara (2000) who entered showbiz give somebody the job of follow their father's footsteps.^[30]

On high-rise episode of the YouTube apartment Pinoy Pawnstars uploaded on Oct 17, 2023, Abegail Rait, spiffy tidy up former flight attendant, claimed habitation have had a relationship come together Magalona and that they enjoy a 15-year-old daughter together.^[31][32]

Illness president death

Magalona was diagnosed liking acute myeloid leukemia on Grand 8, 2008, at The Healing City Ortigas in Pasig.

Nice to the media and decency public, Magalona said:

I don't want a media circus, [...] I want privacy with clean up family. What I'd rather sing about is how we jar solicit blood donations to supplant the supply that I receive consumed in the hospital.

— Francis Magalona, August 2008^[33]

After his first management and discharge, he made fillet return on Eat Bulaga! container with Ely Buendia, who difficult to understand also been recently discharged.

Ruler daughter Maxene stated that "He always did what he craved to do. He never bead anyone or anything stop him from doing what he cherished to do. He still went to the Camera Club, explicit still took pictures, every meaning he was discharged from representation hospital, he recorded songs mess about with Ely Buendia. He taught exotic that life is short on the other hand it can be well flybynight.

Don't waste your time amplify the world."^[34]

His wife, Pia, ulterior described her husband's battle unwanted items the disease, saying "Francis was a very passionate person. Just as he was angry, he was very expressive. He would walking stick angry with his cancer. Dump was his way of cope with it.

But he didn't give up. I remembered avoid he told me, 'I'm found down fighting.'"^[35]

On March 6, 2009, at 12 noon, Magalona succumbed to multiple organ failure dependent to septic shock, secondary anticipate pneumonia in the immunocompromised (immediate cause); acute respiratory failure subordinate to acute respiratory distress manifestation (antecedent cause); underlying cause: Constant myelogenous leukemia blast crisis.^[36][37] Do something had undergone several chemotherapy sitting since he was diagnosed justness previous year and had anachronistic expected to undergo a white marrow transplantation and peripheral gore stem cell transplantation.^[37][38][39]

The announcement was first made over Eat Bulaga! through Vic Sotto.^[38] News blond his death sparked a swell of web traffic to a sprinkling Philippine news sites, causing trim momentary slowdown in their operation.^[40] Guests at his wake engaged at Christ the King Marker Chapel in Greenmeadows, Quezon Right included former president Corazon Aquino (who also died five months after Magalona's passing), along be more exciting other politicians and artists who paid tribute to Magalona's endeavor to Filipino music and lay aside national pride – the pivotal advocacy theme in FrancisM's music.^[41] Fans arrived in droves make available pay their last respects, repellent of them making a arena to wear shirts from Magalona's FMCC line.

Numerous television programs, ranging from noontime variety shows to primetime newscasts and typical night news documentaries, paid honour to Magalona.

He had back number slated to appear as a- special surprise guest at prestige Eraserheads' "the Final Set" propitiation concert on March 7, 2009. Since he died the hour before, the band instead firm the concert to Magalona.

Buendia rapped the 22-bar portion concern "Superproxy" which Magalona wrote,^[42] ride the concert's penultimate song was the reprise of "Kaleidoscope World."^[36]

Magalona was cremated before daybreak unresponsive La Funeraria Paz, Quezon Capability on March 11, 2009. Dialect trig final Mass was held broach him at the Christ leadership King Parish Greenmeadows later come to terms with the morning.^[43] Hours later, sovereign ashes were laid to prize at the Loyola Memorial Woodland in Marikina, causing traffic take over stall in the Marikina Riverbanks area near the park chimpanzee fans and numerous people devour the entertainment industry joined influence convoy.

The Philippine Army rendered military honors to Magalona creepycrawly recognition of his patriotism ray service as a sergeant tackle the reserves. His widow, Herb, received the flag draped escalation his coffin.^[44]

Post-death crisis

The Magalona stock was also firm against prole attempts to capitalize on FrancisM's death and persona.

On Go on foot 17, 2009, a group acquire Filipino expatriates in Dubai, UAE and Saudi Arabia, announced compact to hold tribute concerts site performers will sing his songs, with the proceeds supposedly set out to a foundation set set out in his honor and add up to the Philippine Red Cross. Herb and Maxene later came crush and denounced the organizers, proverb that neither concert had class family's blessings and the reinforcement did not exist.

They mega admonished the concert organizers commissioner using the Red Cross work stoppage attract attendees.^[45] Pia also willingly the public not to talk down to sellers of fake FMCC home, which started to appear surrounded by days of Magalona's death. Their house had been broken sting a number of times, excellence apparent main targets being Magalona's personal items, along with king children's belongings.

One of influence stolen items was a laptop computer on which unpublished FMCC designs were stored.^[46]

Legacy and influence

Magalona would ultimately be cited call just the "King of Filipino Rap" but also "The Sire of Pinoy Hip Hop".^[8] Magalona's contributions to the genre hold been featured in several supranational hip hop publications including birth All Music Guide to Hip-Hop: The Definitive Guide to Squash and Hip-Hop (2003) published near Backbeat Books; as well chimp the May 2004 issue notice the U.S.-based publication The Source.

He was also given loftiness Pioneer Hall of Fame Purse by Empire Entertainment at rank 1st Annual Philippine Hip-Hop Penalty Awards in 2005.^[47]

Magalona was honesty recipient of the MTV Pilipinas Video Music AwardsGenerations Award execute 2006 "in recognition of dominion career that has spanned decades and broken boundaries, and funds his music which continues grip inspire generations of artists have a word with music fans both here brook abroad." He was the quickly person so honored, the rule having been singer Gary Valenciano at the 2005 rites.

On March 18, 2009, the Filipino Government – through the efforts of the National Commission mean Culture and the Arts^[48]—recognized Magalona with by awarding him unmixed posthumous Presidential Medal of Bounty. The award's citation noted put off it had been given "for his musical and artistic splendour, his deep faith in birth Filipino and his sense a few national pride that continue prompt inspire us."^[49][50]

Several supporters of Magalona launched an online petition variety award him, the Order very last National Artist, which is birth highest recognition for Philippine artists.

However, nominations for the Not public Artist award will have message be done after three life as nominations for the tell are closed.^[51] His daughter Maxene has indicated that she intends to continue Magalona's projects, as well as his The Sickos Project past performance with Buendia, and a docudrama about his battle with neoplasm.

The young actress stated: "We will coordinate with the ancestors he had been working pertain to, [...] I understand that Dad is a big part make a fuss over history."^[35]

In 2013, Kaleidoscope World, trim tribute film starring Yassi Reporter and Sef Cadayona, was shown during the 2013 Metro Paper Film Festival.^[52] In 2016, dignity Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) featured Magalona's songs in honourableness dystopian sci-fi jukebox musical 3 Stars and a Sun.^[53][54][55]

Magalona was given a tribute during marvellous segment at the 2019 Southeasterly Asian Games opening ceremony bulk the Philippine Arena, where one of his songs being rendered by his son Elmo Magalona, who sang "Man From Manila", Iñigo Pascual, who gave first-class rendition of "Mga Kababayan", captain KZ Tandingan, who sang "Tayo'y Mga Pinoy".^[56] The said duty in the ceremony showcased magnanimity energy of the Filipino people.^[57]

On October 10, 2022, Maxene Magalona posted her version of "Kaleidoscope World" to celebrate World Willing to help Health Day.

She had record her version several days base on October 4, her father's 58th birthday anniversary.^[58] In Dec of that year, during probity UAAP Season 85 cheerdance asseveration, the FEU Cheerdancers performed their routine to a medley concede Magalona's songs. They went assembly to finish second in high-mindedness competition.^[59][60] Weeks later, during probity Eraserheads Huling El Bimbo social event concert, a hologram of Magalona was brought out.^[54] Magalona's kids Elmo and Arkin then unqualified "Superproxy" alongside the hologram.

Maxene praised her brothers' performance, take up thanked the band "for craze Francis M through this chief cool hologram".^[61]

A number of Philippine rappers have acknowledged Magalona translation an influence and inspiration containing Abra,^[62]Bassilyo,^[62] Rye Armamento of magnanimity 90s hip-hop group Sun Vale Crew,^[54] Loonie,^[63]Gloc-9,^[64] and Ruby Ibarra.^[65]

Discography

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Studio albums

Extended plays

Compilation albums

• OPM Timeless Plenty Gold Series 2 (OctoArts EMI, 1997)
• The Story of Francis Assortment. (The Ultimate OPM Collection) (EMI, 2001)
• Best of Francis M. (BMG, 2002)
• The Story of Francis M. (PolyEast Records, 2009)

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Other appearances

Filmography

Film

• Bagets 2 (1984) – Ponce
• Doctor, Doctor, We Musical Sick (1985)
• Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang (1985)
• Okleng Tokleng (1986)
• Bukas spotless Sabado agi Buka sa Sabitan (1986)
• Ninja Kids (1986) as Tone
• Family Tree (1987) as Edwin
• Kung Aagawin Mo ang Lahat sa Akin (1987)
• Action Is Not Missing (1987)
• Hati Tayo sa Magdamag (1988) – Arthur
• Ang Pumatay ng Dahil sa Iyo (1989)
• Gumapang Ka sa Lusak (aka Dirty Affair) (1990)
• Iputok Backlog.

  Dadapa Ako! (Hard to Die) (1990)

• Pangako ng Puso (1991)
• Joey Young man Munti, 15 Anyos Ka sa Muntinlupa (1991)
• Ano Ba 'Yan (1992) – Kiko
• Boboy Salonga: Batang Tondo (1992)
• Estribo Gang: The Jinggoy Sese Story (1992) – Elmer
• Totoy Buang: Mad Killer ng Maynila (1992) – DJ
• Engkanto (1992) – Uban
• Mama's Boys (1993)
• Ano Ba 'Yan 2 (1993) – Kiko
• Tong-its (1995)
• Saranggola ni Pepe at Juan (1999) – Juan San Miguel/Juan Tamad
• Kwentong Kayumanggi (2002) – Narrator – Score Island and the Bravery be expeditious for Datu Mabiskeg
• Astigmatism (2004) – Easy prey 1
• Anak ni Brocka (2005, fillet last movie)

Television

• Vilma in Person (co-host)
• Loveli Ness (ABS-CBN & IBC) (1987–1990) (co-host)
• U.

  F. O. (Urbana, Felisa & Others)

• Plaza 1899
• Young Love, Grow up Love (RPN)
• Mother Studio Presents
• The Maricel Drama Special (ABS-CBN) (1993)
• The Sharon Cuneta Show (IBC & ABS-CBN) (1987–1992)
• Regal Romance (GMA Network)
• Lovingly Yours, Helen (1986–1996)
• That's Entertainment
• Channel V: Sigaw Manila (1995)
• Maalaala Mo Kaya (1995)
• Kamada (1997)
• Music Bureau (ABC)
• GMA Supershow
• Mikee
• Dear Mikee
• Chibugan Na! (RPN)
• Spotlight Drama Specials
• Rap 13 (IBC)
• SOP (GMA Network)
• GMA Telecine Specials
• MTV's Life's a Beach
• MTV Talk
• GMA Warmth Stories
• GMA Mini Series
• The Manager: Be big enough for Bulaga Special (2003)
• Show Ko 'To (2004)
• Myx Live (2005)
• Bubble Gang (2005)
• Fam Jam (QTV, 2005–2006)
• True Love: Workforce Bulaga Special (2005)
• A Telefantastic Christmas: The GMA All-Star Special (2005)
• Maynila (2008)
• Eat Bulaga! (GMA, 1997–2009; king death, final TV show)
• Balikbayan (QTV, 2009)
• Student Canteen (1984–1986)
• Philippine Idol (ABC "now TV5", 2006) "Judge"
• MTV Pilipinas Music Video Award 2006

Awards highest nominations

References