Rosa replaced Johnny Lozada in the band, and he soon proved another fan favorite. He sang such hits like Tu Sabes A Chocolate, Hold Me and Like A Cannonball, which was featured in Hollywood hit Cannonball Run 2[?]. He was replaced in Menudo by Ruben Gomez[?].
After Menudo, Rosa went on to make one big Hollywood hit, the 1988 movie named Salsa. In Salsa, he played Rico, a young man who loved his mother, sister and Puerto Rico over all things, but who resided in Los Angeles and wanted to win a salsa music contest to return to Puerto Rico. Rico had grown without a father, and he protected his sister in a fatherly way.
Robby fell in love with his co star Angela Alvarado[?] in real life, and they got married a few months after the movie's release. They still countinue married and have a family.
During the 1990's, Rosa changed his name legally and tried to distance himself from his previous image at Menudo of a clean cut guy as much as possible, growing a beard, getting tattooed on different parts of his body, and creating music albums with different types of music, including pop and gothic music.
Nowadays, he keeps travelling back and forth between New York and Puerto Rico to produce and promote his music as well as do some free autographs events along with concerts every once in a while.
In addition, Rosa found work with his former Menudo bandmate Ricky Martin, for whom he has written some of his number 1 hits.
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