--- title: Watch This Hilarious Rap About Filipino Mythical Creatures description: Filipino video producer Mickey Bustos has created a hilarious rap about the country's numerous mythical creatures. canonical: https://time.com/3832604/philippines-rap-mythical-creatures-mikey-bustos/ author: Helen Regan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-23T08:56:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:19:01.827Z og:title: Watch This Hilarious Rap About Filipino Mythical Creatures og:description: Do you know your kapres from your duwendes? og:url: https://time.com/3832604/philippines-rap-mythical-creatures-mikey-bustos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch This Hilarious Rap About Filipino Mythical Creatures twitter:description: Do you know your kapres from your duwendes? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch This Hilarious Rap About Filipino Mythical Creatures by [Helen Regan](https://time.com/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Apr 23, 2015 8:56 AM UTC by [Helen Regan](https://time.com/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Apr 23, 2015 8:56 AM UTC Filipino folklore is full of mythical creatures from the bigfoot-like Kapre to the man-eating blood-sucking witch Manananggal. Now these strange beasts are the unwitting subjects of Canadian-born Filipino singer and video producer Mikey Bustos’ latest project. “We Filipinos have some really crazy mythical beings. Imagine they were all rap stars!” he says on his [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/mikeybustos/videos/963106580379774/) page. Well, you don’t have to imagine anymore because with the help of copious amounts of face paint, Bustos transforms himself into several creatures and raps about what they get up to. Bustos even makes a special appearance as controversial U.S. boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. ahead of his May 2 fight against Filipino legend Manny Pacquiao. The 33-year-old former _Canadian Idol_ contestant is known for producing hilarious Pinoy music videos, which he posts on his YouTube [channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ7Cxp6r5JMhpSrIETCXzdQ). _Read next:_ [_Watch This Guy Dunk Oreos in the Most Creative Ways Possible_](http://time.com/3831860/oreo-trick-shots/?iid=time%5Freadnext) [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/autoplay/?xid=spl-fullbrief-article) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3832604/philippines-rap-mythical-creatures-mikey-bustos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3832604/philippines-rap-mythical-creatures-mikey-bustos/"},"headline":"Watch This Hilarious Rap About Filipino Mythical Creatures","datePublished":"2015-04-23T08:56:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:19:01.827Z","description":"Do you know your tikbalangs from your duwendes?","url":"https://time.com/3832604/philippines-rap-mythical-creatures-mikey-bustos/","keywords":["Newsfeed","rap","viral","Philippines","Music Video"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Helen Regan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/helen-regan/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3832604/philippines-rap-mythical-creatures-mikey-bustos/","name":"Watch This Hilarious Rap About Filipino Mythical Creatures"}}]}] ```