Ipinagdiwang ng mga anak ni Filipino rapper icon Francis Magalona ang kanyang ika-56 na kaarawan nitong October 4.
Credit: Maxene Magalona-Mananquil Instagram Sa Instagram ng kanyang anak na babae na si Maxene Magalona, ay nag-post ito ng isang video kung saan ay kinakanta nila ang isa sa mga sikat na kanta ni Francis na “Kaleidoscope World” habang nasa puntod ng ama.
Credit: Pia Magalona InstagramKasama ang kanyang asawa na si Rob Mananquil at ang dalawang kapatid na sina Elmo at Frank Magalona, madamdaming kinanta nina Maxene ang “Kaleidoscope World” bilang tribute at paggunita sa kaarawan ng kanilang ama.
Credit: Pia Magalona InstagramGinawang caption ni Maxene sa kanyang IG post ang mga salita mula sa kanta. Caption ni Maxene, “Every color, every hue is represented by me and you. Take a slide in the slope, take a look in the kaleidoscope. Spinnin’ round, make it twirl.. In this kaleidoscope world.” Happy birthday to our idol Francis M ☮️✌🏼🕊”
Isang mensahe rin ang inihayag ni Elmo sa kanyang Instagram account. Ani Elmo, “Happy Birthday Papa your people your energy and your message are all still alive in our minds and hearts. Love from all of us down here looking up to you, That will never change.”
Credit: Elmo Magalona InstagramNag-post din ng larawan nilang dalawa ang asawa ni Francis M. na si Pia Magalona. Mula naman sa kanta ni Carly Simon na “The Right Thing To Do” ang ginamit na caption ni Pia. Caption ni Pia, “Lovin’ you, baby, is the right thing to do.”
Samantala, sa isa pang hiwalay na post ni Maxene ay binalikan niya ang masasaya at paborito niyang sandali kasama ang kanyang ama.
Kwento ni Maxene, “I guess one of my favorites would have to be when he would pick up from school, in college in Katipunan, and we would ride home together all the way to Antipolo. And I really cherished those moments because those were the times when he would ask me how I was and what’s happening in my life. You know he really took time to get to know us; to really ask us how we were.”
Credit: Pia Magalona InstagramDagdag ni Maxene, “It was also in those car rides home when he would give me advice —advice that I really keep in my heart forever. We would listen to music together, some of his favorite songs or sometimes he would just suddenly start rapping out of nowhere! You know it was really those fun, candid moments that I really love and miss the most. He was just himself —no cameras, no microphones, no nothing. It was just our quiet time together. I really miss him.”
Matatandaang August 2008 nang malaman na may malubhang sak!t ang sikat na rapper na si Francis M at noong March 2009 nang tuluyan na siyang namaalam.