Pia Arroyo Magalona is the wife of the late Master rapper of the Philippines Francis Kiko Magalona. The Pia Arroyo Magalona biography tells that Francis Magalona was introduced by co-actor Richard Gomez to her (Pia Arroyo) at a party in a disco owned by the late film director Ishmael Bernal. Francis and Pia got married in 1985. Francis Magalona and Pia Arroyo Magalona (couple) had eight children, two of whom were Francis' step-children: Unna, Nicolo, Francis Jr. (Frank), Elmo, Arkin, Clara, and actresses Maxene and Saab.
Wife Pia described her husband's battle with the disease, saying "Francis was a very passionate person. When he was angry, he was very expressive. He would get angry with his cancer. That was his way of coping with it. But he didn’t give up. I remembered that he told me, 'I'm going down fighting.'