Saab Magalona’s kids Vito and Pancho. Image: Instagram/@saabmagalona
The grave of Master Rapper Francis Magalona was visited by his family as they remembered him on his 14th death anniversary on Monday, March 6.
Francis M’s wife, Pia, and four of their children—Saab, Elmo, Arkin and Clara—spent the morning together at the OPM icon’s grave, as seen on Saab’s Instagram page. Saab’s kids, Pancho and Vito, also visited their grandpa and their late sister Luna, who was laid to rest next to Francis.
“Visited pop this morning, 14 years after we said goodbye!” Saab wrote in the caption. “The boys seemed very clingy to their Ate Luna.”
Saab also showed videos of her kids lying down on Francis and Luna’s graves, as well as Vito shouting for cheers while standing at the tombstone.
“And I’m sure pop is loving that his grandkids are dancing on his grave, proving that showmanship runs in the family,” she continued. “Love you, papa!”
Pia also gave a glimpse of their visit, captioning her post with a line from the Master Rapper’s hit song “Three Stars and a Sun.”
“Fourteen. Bless the man if his heart and his land are one,” she wrote.
In a separate Instagram post, she thanked those who remembered her late husband, showing herself wearing a shirt printed with his face along with the lyrics of his song “Tayo’y Mga Pinoy.”
Daughter Maxene, for her part, seemed to have marked the occasion by herself and was seen hugging a mural of her dad in San Juan.
“We lost you 14 years ago today and we’ve been missing you everyday since,” she said. “My love for you is undying, Pop. Rap in paradise.”
Fellow celebrities and fans flooded the comments section with admiration for the OPM icon as well as his family.
Image: Instagram/@saabmagalona
Image: Instagram/@piamagalona
Image: Instagram/@piamagalona
The Master Rapper passed away in March 2009, after being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in 2008. His family celebrated what would have been his 58th birthday in October last year. /ra