Enrique MartÃn Morales was born December 24, 1971 commonly known as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican singer, actor, and author. Martin began his career at age twelve with the all-boy pop group Menudo.Martin was in an on-off relationship with Mexican TV host Rebecca de Alba for more than 14 years. The pair had spoken of starting a family together,and Martin had at one point considered proposing to her.Martin announced on The Oprah Winfrey Show that he was in a relationship.Ricky Martin delivered a speech at the UN homophobia conference on November 12, 2012