Oscar De La Rosa
Oscar De La Rosa | |
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La Mafia | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Oscar De La Rosa Gonzales |
Born | 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]
References
- ↑ "Singer Attacked In Houston: La Mafia's Oscar De La Rosa Assaulted, Could Suffer Permanent Damage". Retrieved September 21, 2015.
- ↑ "LA MAFIA VOCALIST OSCAR DE LA ROSA'S EX WIFE, DELIA GUEBARA OWENS, PASSED AWAY FRIDAY AFTERNOON". Gringz's La Mafia Weblog. Retrieved September 21, 2015.