A Tribute For Francis M. The Man From Manila

Francis Durango Magalona (October 4, 1964 - March 6, 2009) also known as Master Rapper and The Man from Manila. He is one of the legend in Philippine Music, a Filipino Rapper, an Entrepreneur, Actor and a Photographer.

He is one of the Dabarkads in the longest running noontime show in the Philippine TV Eat Bulaga. He is the one who's making an intro to it's next program Startalk saying "Seem less na!!!" Paolo Ballesteros, one of his co-host has an funny anecdote with the master rapper. By the time that the dabarkads has a moment of silence (prayer for the late Fernando Poe Jr.) He use to shout the "seem less na" thing until he realize that the group is still praying for the late FPJ.

A lot of his songs inspired the Filipinos because of it's nationalistic approach. One of those songs is "Mga Kababayan" (My Fellow Countrymen)  the song simple means Filipinos should be proud of their race. "Bilib ako sa kulay ko ako ay Pilipino!" (I'm proud of my color, I'm a Filipino!). Another songs are Cold Summer Nights, Man From Manila, Kaleidoscope World, Kabataan para sa Kinabukasan and a lot more.

He use to have a lot of collaboration with various artist like Joey Ayala, Mike Hanopol, Michael V, Gloc 9, Andrew E, Parokya ni Edgar and Eraserheads. His latest collaboration is The Sickos Project with Ely Buendia, unfortunately the Master Rapper Died before the album was released. He has a clothing line business, The Three Stars and The Sun. The design of the clothes are very nationalistic, again showing his love for our country.

March 6, 2009 he died because of Acute Myelogenous Leukemia, a very touching tribute was given by his Dabarkads in Eat Bulaga reminiscing all the happy memories they spent with the Master Rapper. They use to replay the last performance of Francis in Eat Bulaga together with Ely Buendia singing Superproxy. On  that video we can see Francis Magalona showing his "Happy Battle", the very energetic Kiko that we know.

On the following day, March 7, 2009, supposed to be Kiko will have a special appearance with the Eraserheads reunion concert (Final Set). The most popular pinoy rock band pay tribute to the master rapper by singing one of his very popular song Kaleidoscope World. The crowd are keep on chanting the name of master rapper, showing their respect to the legendary musician.

The world is keep on missing you Sir Kiko, Happy Birthday, thank you for the wonderful music you made. I will always be proud of my race, proud to be pinoy. Your legacy will never die!

Blue Eagles Flew High, Catches Fancy Crown 3 in a Row

Manila, Philippines- ADMU Blue Eagles had it’s sweet finish yesterday as they won the UAAP Season 73 Men’s Basketball Title. The Katipunan-based squad was lead by Ryan Buenafe as he scored 23 points, 10 on 4^th. Period. Buenafe who struggled for this season because of his weight problem promised his mentor Norman Black that game 2 for him  would be different as he will step up in this crucial game.

 

Black joined the legacy of Franz Pumaren, Aric Del Rosario and Baby Dalupan in having three peat UAAP crown. "This is the most difficult championship that we've won. It was a total team effort. Thank you to the Ateneo community for sticking with us," said Black.

Buenafe is supported by Monfort (10), Salva (9), Long and Chua both scored 7 points. While Tams was led by Reil Cervantes, he scored 15 points and 10 rebounds. RR Garcia is the missing link for FEU as he scores only 6, his lowest production this season. Aside from that head coach Glen Capacio has been missed the whole second half as he was rushed to Medical City because his high blood pressure.



Scorers:

ADMU: Buenafe 23, Monfort 10, Salva, 9, Long 7, Chua 7, Salamat 3, Golla 3, Escueta 2, Austria 1, Erram 0, Gonzaga 0, De Chavez 0.


FEU: Cervantes 15, Sanga 13, Ramos 9, Kawaling 8, Noundou 6, Garcia 6, Romeo 2, Bringas 1, Cruz 0, Guerrero 0.


Quarter Scores:


13-22, 30-31, 52-50, 65-62