Totoy Bato

Rodolfo Razon Laxamana (1944–2021), known professionally as Totoy Bato, was a Filipino musical artist. Laxamana was born in Angeles City, Pampanga, and sang in the Kapampangan language. He started his career in the 1970s, lifting his stage name from a Fernando Poe Jr. picture, and recorded dozens of CDs across four decades. His songs have proved enduringly popular with Kapampangan people, including overseas workers who play him to remind themselves of home. They are considered the quintessential examples of polosa or basulto, which are kinds of Kapampangan folk songs. Laxamana stopped singing after surviving a stroke in 2017. He died in 2021.

Life Rodolfo Razon Laxamana was born in Angeles City, Pampanga, in 1944.Efn|Laxamana was 69 in May 2013, His first release, "40 Days" (1972), was about the severe floods which hit Luzon that year, Laxamana later took the name Totoy Bato after watching Fernando Poe Jr.'s character in Durugin si Totoy Bato (1979). During his post-EDSA heyday, Laxamana recalled getting around 10 clients for campaign jingles every election season. In 1986, Laxamana turned down a contract with Wea Recording. He later regretted the decision and mused on whether he would have received royalties for his work.