Songs keep mood upbeat at FrancisM wake

By Marinel Cruz, Izah Morales | Philippine Daily Inquirer, INQUIRER.net

MANILA, Philippines—At Francis Magalona’s wake Saturday at the Christ the King memorial chapels on Greenmeadows Avenue, Quezon City, the mood was upbeat with songs the Pinoy rap icon had written and recorded in a remarkable career cut terribly short by leukemia.

The 44-year-old multimedia artist and performer lay elegantly dressed in a black suit, which his daughter Maxene said he first wore at a photography competition he attended in Vietnam last year. In his hands was a gold rosary. read more