Oscar De La Rosa

Oscar De La Rosa

La Mafia
Background information
Birth name Oscar De La Rosa Gonzales
Born (1960-03-26) March 26, 1960
Origin Houston, Texas, United States
Genres Tejano, Latin pop
Instruments Vocals
Labels Urbana Records
Associated acts La Mafia

Oscar De La Rosa (born Oscar De La Rosa Gonzales March 26,1960) is the Latin pop lead singer of the four-time Grammy Award-winning musical group La Mafia. He is also the brother of Leonardo Gonzales who is the former guitarist of La Mafia and founder of Leonardo Gonzales y Los Magnificos.

Involvement with La Mafia

La Mafia was founded in 1980 in Houston TX. Back home, La Mafia has performed in front of three record-setting crowds at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo at the Houston Astrodome.

So far they've had 37 albums from 1980 to current.Their best albums are The Magnificent 7 (1982), Neon Static (1985), Xplosiv (1989), Enter the Future (1990), Con Tanto Amor (1990), Vida (1994), Exitos en vivo (1995), En Tus Manos (1997), Inconfundible (2001), Eternamente Romanticos (2008),and Amor y Sexo (2014)

Personal life

On Monday May 15, 2013 Oscar De La Rosa was attacked outside a Houston gay bar called the Blur Bar. After the attack, De La Rosa had facial cuts, eye damage and two lost teeth.[1] Mrs. Delia Guebara Owens, ex-girlfriend of Oscar and mother of his two children (Henry and Oscar Jr.), died on Friday February 27 at 4:20 PM. Oscar dedicated "Si Quiere Dios" to her as a tribute to the mother of his sons and the woman who inspired him when he first started out, and who remained his dear friend.[2]

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