Draco Cornelius Rosa Suárez originally garnered fame as a member of boy band Menudo in the 1980s singing lead on the bands biggest stateside hit Hold Me and featuring prominently in the accompanying music video In 1988 at age 19 he made his motion picture debut in the film Salsa which was a big hit in Puerto Rico During the filming of the movie he met actress Angela Alvarado who would later become his wife In the 1990s he helped launch Ricky Martins musical career into a new global setting by writing and producing various of his hottest singles including María La Vida Loca La Copa de La Vida She Bangs and Shake Your BonBon Rosa toured with Lenny Kravitz during the summer of 2004 to promote his concept album Mad Love In April 2011 Rosa was diagnosed with a nonhodgkin lymphoma cancer near his liver He underwent alternative and traditional treatment in Houston and Santa Monica This kept Rosa in a hiatus for almost a year until his return in March 2012 when he started recording his latest album with Vida and gave a concert with Juan Luis Guerra and Rubén Blades at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico Jose Miguel Agrelot In December 2012 he was declared cancerfree On December 9 2013 Rosas manager confirmed his cancer had relapsed and was declared again cancerfree on January 5 2014
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