The life of Francis M as an artist, actor, photographer, father, husband, and friend are all over the internet, television, office and sidewalk chats. He has insipired a lot of Filipinos and started a movement drawing people towards appreciation of our very own heritage thru his songs, music, photos, and art.
Kiko as many call him may not be a picture of a perfect icon with an early life tainted by intrigues but his struggle and triumph to make himself a better man is what makes him real. He is a real.
I remember when we used to sing his “Mga Kababayan Ko” and “Meron Akong Ano” with my playmates. During the times when not so much rappers can deliver a good Original Pilipino Music (OPM) of this genre. During those times when rap and novelty songs had a thin line where the tempo is the only difference, Francis M has created a name for himself as the Master Rapper and number one Pinoy Rapper.
I have had the privilege of meeting the whole Magalona family last 2007 in a friend’s house in Makati. I doubt if they can remember me and I’m not sure Francis M would have remembered me. There was a time when he was showing my friend a photo of an Ati-atihan Frestival, which he eventually gave as a gift. He was signing the photo when my friendasked about his signature.
I commented, “It means Magalona… just written backwards.”
“Have you seen it before?” my friend asked.
I said with a smile, “No, I just thought it is… an artist’s quirk maybe, something usual for unusuals, like art junkies.”
Francis M said, “It takes an artist’s eyes to get it at one glance, are you an artist too?”
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