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

rapper Rapping (also rhyming, flowing, spitting, emceeing, or MCing) is an artistic form of vocal delivery and emotive expression that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and ommonlystreet vernacular". It is usually performed over a backing ...

singer Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define singi ...

and

songwriter A songwriter is a person who creates musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music genre and film scoring. ...

. The name Bassilyo is based on the character Basilio, from the novel ''

Noli Me Tangere ''Noli me tangere'' ('touch me not') is the Latin version of a phrase spoken, according to John 20:17, by Jesus to Mary Magdalene when she recognized him after His resurrection. The original Koine Greek phrase is (). The biblical scene has b ...

''. 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 th ...

, which appeared on ''

Eat Bulaga! ''Eat !'' (; stylized as ''Eat... Bulaga!'') is a Television in the Philippines, Philippine television variety show broadcast by Radio Philippines Network, ABS-CBN, GMA Network and TV5 (Philippine TV network), TV5. Originally hosted by Tito S ...

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

FlipTop Battle League FlipTop Rap Battle League is the first and largest running pro battle conference in the Philippines founded by Alaric Riam Yuson (known as Anygma) in 2010. Also the best battle rap league in the world. The league promotes Pinoy hip hop. FlipTo ...

for his comeback that he had gone viral again through three rap battles. Bassilyo became best known for the single "Lord, Patawad" (lit. "Lord, Forgive Me") in 2014, whose lyrics were derived from his early life and observations of his surroundings; Bassilyo later admitted in an interview that he spent time in prison for undisclosed reasons, as well as having been addicted to gambling, both of which served as inspiration for the song.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Appearances

Music videos

* "Ilusyon" ( Abra feat.

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, 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