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.