Draco Rosa

Draco Cornelius Rosa Suárez (born June 27, 1969), also known as Robi Draco Rosa, Draco Rosa or simply Draco, is a Puerto Rican Grammy Award and Latin Grammy Award winning musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, poet and entrepreneur.

Draco Rosa was born Robert Edward Rosa Suárez in Long Island, New York, to Puerto Rican parents, and was raised in Peñuelas, Puerto Rico and Ponce, Puerto Rico. He originally garnered fame as a member of boy band Menudo in the 1980s. In recent years, he has appeared on VH1's Behind the Music, I Love the '80s and Where Are They Now? in archived footage of early concerts and videos. He has released four studio albums, consisting of "Vagabundo", "Mad Love", "Vino" and "Amor Vincit Omnia".

Rosa has been highly influenced by the works of Bob Dylan, Miles Davis, Iggy Pop, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Luis Alberto Spinetta, The Doors, Camarón de la Isla, Caetano Veloso and Glenn Danzig. In 1996 he released the Latino alternative rock album Vagabundo produced by Phil Manzanera.

In 1988 he made his motion picture debut in the motion picture "Salsa", a big hit in Puerto Rico and the only film Rosa starred in. During the filming of the movie, he met Angela Alvarado who would later become his wife.

He helped launch Ricky Martin's musical career into a new global setting by writing and producing some of his hottest singles including "Livin' la Vida Loca" and "She Bangs". Rosa toured with Lenny Kravitz during the summer of 2004 to promote his 2nd all English concept album Mad Love. His 2009 album Amor Vincit Omnia was nominated for Best Latin Rock, Alternative Or Urban Album for the 53rd Grammy Awards.

In April 2011, Draco was diagnosed with a non-hodgkin lymphoma cancer near his liver. Her underwent alternative treatment in Houston and Santa Monica then traditional treatment. This kept Draco off stage for almost a year until his return in March 2012 with Juan Luis Guerra and Rubén Blades at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico Jose Miguel Agrelot. His latest album "Vida" will be released on February 2013.