Draco Cornelius Rosa Suarez, known as Draco Rosa, Robi Draco Rosa or simply Robi or Draco, is a Puerto Rican singer, musician, songwriter and entrepreneur.
39 Facts About Draco Rosa
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Draco Rosa has been featured on VH1's Behind the Music.
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Draco Rosa has been highly influenced by the works of Bob Dylan, Miles Davis, Iggy Pop, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Luis Alberto Spinetta, The Doors, Camaron de la Isla, Horacio Quiroga, Caetano Veloso, Glenn Danzig, Edgar Allan Poe and Jim Morrison.
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Draco Rosa toured with Lenny Kravitz during the summer of 2004 to promote his concept album Mad Love.
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Draco Rosa underwent alternative and traditional treatment in Houston and Santa Monica.
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In December 2013, Draco Rosa's manager confirmed his cancer had relapsed, and he overcame cancer after a second bone marrow transplant, but had to remain in quarantine for four additional months.
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In 1984, Draco Rosa joined the increasingly popular Puerto Rican boy band Menudo.
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However, Draco Rosa started to grow disenchanted with the band, particularly after he was denied the opportunity to write songs for them.
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Draco Rosa would go on to release two commercially successful Portuguese-language solo albums in quick succession in the late 1980s.
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Draco Rosa subsequently moved to Los Angeles where he had gotten the lead-role in the film Salsa.
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Draco Rosa wrote, produced and performed two songs for the soundtrack of the latter film, which was released by RCA Records under his publishing company, Ceiba Tree Music.
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In between solo projects, Draco Rosa worked on Ricky Martin's A Medio Vivir under the pseudonym Ian Blake by co-writing and co-producing the majority of the songs on the album, including the hit single "Maria", which made it to the Billboard Top 10.
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Between 1998 and 1999, Draco Rosa wrote and recorded Ricky Martin's second eponymous album and the first in English, which includes the popular single "Livin' la Vida Loca".
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For Martin's follow-up album, Sound Loaded, Draco Rosa produced four tracks, including the hit single "She Bangs".
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Draco Rosa produced Corazon, the platinum album of Ednita Nazario, for which he wrote and produced the song "Mas Grande Que Grande" under the name Dolores del Infante, which reached a spot in the Top 10 Latin Billboards for 10 weeks.
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Draco Rosa wrote and produced three songs for singer Julio Iglesias' album Noche De Cuatro Lunas.
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In 2002, Draco Rosa released "Libertad del Alma", a compilation album which debuted at the top of the Latin Album Billboard chart based only on its sales in Puerto Rico.
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Draco Rosa went on an international tour to promote both albums.
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Draco Rosa ended the tour in his native Puerto Rico, where he sold out the island's recently opened new 18,000-seat arena, Jose Miguel Agrelot Coliseum.
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On January 28,2012, Draco Rosa made a comeback to the public light after his long absence due to cancer treatment to announce a concert in which he will be sharing the stage with Juan Luis Guerra and Ruben Blades.
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In memory of that event, Draco Rosa's comeback was entitled "Encuentro".
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Also, on said date, after completing his quarantine, Draco Rosa was declared cancer-free.
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Many artists who collaborated on Vida performed alongside Draco Rosa, including Juan Luis Guerra, Enrique Bunbury, Calle 13's Rene Perez, Juanes and Ricky Martin.
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Draco Rosa announced that due to overwhelming demand, a second concert date was added for December 7,2013, which featured other guest artists performing alongside him.
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Draco Rosa was married to actress and director Angela Alvarado, whom he met during the filming of Salsa, in which they both starred in.
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In June 2019, Draco Rosa filed for divorce in Los Angeles after nearly 30 years of marriage, citing "irreconcilable differences".
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Draco Rosa owns a recording studio, an independent music label and a multimedia company under the name of Phantom Vox.
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Draco Rosa owns Hacienda Horizonte in the mountains of Utuado, where his recording studio was relocated to and where the music videos for "Paraiso Prometido" and "Reza Por Mi" from the album Amor Vincit Omnia have been filmed.
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On December 10,2013, Draco Rosa was recognized by the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico at the Capitol Building of Puerto Rico for his successful career while in recovery from cancer at the recent light of his relapse.
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Draco Rosa has vehemently opposed the US Navy training missions in Vieques and has been a vocal supporter of the environmental movement and the independence movement.
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Shortly after leaving Menudo, Draco Rosa started taking drugs, and often drew inspiration from hallucinogens and alcohol for his songwriting.
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Draco Rosa has always been very open about the subject, even admitting that his wife, Angela, saved his life on at least one occasion.
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Draco Rosa followed several alternative treatments, such as high vitamin C doses or neoplasm treatment at the Burzynski Clinic in Houston.
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Draco Rosa was under quarantine in his California home until December 31,2012, when Draco completed his quarantine and was declared cancer-free.
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On May 30,2013, Draco Rosa tweeted that his recent cancer study resulted negative, confirming he is completely cured of cancer.
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Draco Rosa himself told his manager the night of the 2013 Latin Grammys.
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Draco Rosa initially had planned to participate at the 10K on behalf of a nine-year-old patient, who was recovering from a bone marrow transplant but his own recovery and quarantine prevented Draco Rosa from participating.
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Draco Rosa, instead, sent his wife Angela and son Redamo in his place.
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Draco Rosa celebrated his fifth cancer-free anniversary in another Instagram post from February 28,2019.