DeLaRosa Rivera

Delarosa Rivera was born in Patterson, New Jersey to Rosa Rivera but grew up in the Bronx, New York City. Being a single parent to Delarosa and a daughter, Jesenia, Rosa was extremely overprotective. Aware of the streets Rosa did all she could to prevent her son from going down the very limited options in the South Bronx. It was those same streets that lead Delarosa to performance initially through street dance. By the age of 16, he was considered a top street dancer in the Bronx eventually becoming a background dancer for a top 100 pop dance charts artist. Soon after he signed his first record deal with Mic Mac records for a song he wrote released as a single "Whats the Need" making him an ASCAP member. Moving to Miami where the Latin boom was happening he joined Area 305 bilingual boy band and signed a major deal with BMG. Later leaving the group because of creative differences and licensing an original song Dejame Volar in France on Atoll Records. On returning to New York after se