Lordivino Ignacio (born December 11, 1977), known professionally as Bassilyo, is a Filipino

rapper Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed or chanted, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The ...

and

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. The name Bassilyo is based on the character Basilio, from the novel '' Noli Me Tangere''. Bassilyo is also an occasional actor.

Career

Bassilyo was part of the group

Crazy as Pinoy Crazy as Pinoy is a Filipino hip hop group from Marikina, Philippines. Crazy as Pinoy was formed in the 1990s, and achieved mainstream success after the group became one of the finalists of ''Eat Bulaga!''s rap battle segment, ''Rappublic of the P ...

, which appeared on ''

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s ''Rappublic of the Philippines'' contest in 2002. Bassilyo credited

FlipTop Battle League FlipTop Rap Battle League (Fliptop for short) is the first and largest running professional rap battle conference in the Philippines founded by Alaric Riam Yuson (known as Anygma) in 2010. The league promotes Pinoy hip hop. FlipTop is heavily i ...

for his comeback that he had gone viral again through three rap battles.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Appearances

Music videos

* "Ilusyon" ( Abra feat. Arci Muñoz, 2013) * "Nakakamiss" (Smugglaz, Curse One, Dello, 2014)

Television

Accolades

References

External links

* * {{Authority control 1977 births Filipino rappers Living people People from Marikina Musicians from Metro Manila MCA Music Inc. (Philippines) artists