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Pitbull

basic information
Birth name	Armand Christian Perez (Spanish: Armando Christian Pérez )[1][2]
Date of Birth	January 15, 1981(1981-01-15) (age 37)
Place of Birth	Miami, Florida, USA
A country	USA
Professions	rapper, singer, music producer, actor
Years of activity	1997 - present time
Genres	rap, hip house, pop music, crunk, pop rap
Nicknames	Pitbull
Labels	Mr. 305 Inc., RCA, Bad Boy Latino[3], Polo Grounds, TVT
Official site
Audio, photo, video on Wikimedia Commons

Armando Christian Perez
(born January 15, 1981), better known by his stage name
Pitbull
, is a Cuban-born American rapper, singer, and record producer.

It was first heard on Lil Jon's solo track on the 2002 album Kings of Crunk

.
In 2004, he released his debut album M.IAMI
(short for
Money Is A Major Issue
), under the management of the record company TVT Records;
Such aces as producers Lil Jon and Jim Jonsin worked on the album. Pitbull later released a second album El Mariel
, in 2006 and a third,
The Boatlift,
in 2007.[4]
In 2009, his fourth album Rebelution
spawned the hit “I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho).”
The single "Give Me Everything" from the 2011 album Planet Pit
reached number one on
the Billboard
Hot 100. The song, featuring Ne-Yo, Nayer and Afrojack, became number one in the world.
Pitbull also released "Timber" in October 2013 from the album Meltdown
, which became a global hit and #1 in many countries, reaching #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100, #1 in the UK, and #1 in 12 countries. This is his second song to hit the world charts.

Pitbull also participated in remixes of other hits such as “Danza Kuduro”, “Ai Se Eu Te Pego”, “Scream & Shout”, “Lo Hecho Esta Hecho”, “Bad”, “Papi”, “Diamonds”, “Gasolina” ", "How Low", "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)", "Video Phone", "Over To You Now" and "Bumpy Ride".

Content

1 Childhood
2 Career 2.1 2001-03: Luke Records and TVT Records
2.2 2004-05: MIAMI
2.3 2006-08: El Mariel
and
The Boatlift
2.4 2008-10: Rebelution
and
Armando
2.5 2010-11: Planet Pit
2.5.1
Give Me Everything
and lawsuit

2.6 2012-13: Global Warming
and
Men in Black 3

2.7 2013: Global Warming: Meltdown
, Tour, film debut and other works

2.8 2014—2015: Globalization
and
Dale

2.9 2015-present: Climate Change

3 Product advertising

4 Personal life

4.1 Problems with the law

5 Discography

6 Concert tours

7 Filmography

7.1 Film

7.2 Television

7.3 Video games

8 Awards and nominations

9 Notes

10 Links

Pitbull (Pitbull).

2001-03: Luke Records and TVT Records

Childhood

Pitbull was born in Miami, Florida. When he was 3 years old, he could already read the poems of Cuban national hero and poet José Martí[1]. He also faced challenges early in his career as a rapper because he is white-skinned, blue-eyed, from a southern state, and Cuban.[5] He is influenced by the Miami bass genre of pop music,[4] and Celia Cruz and Willie Chirino are sources of inspiration for his music.[6] Perez's parents separated when he was little, he was raised by his mother; he later spent time in Roswell, Georgia.[7] His mother kicked him out of the house when he became a drug dealer, like his father. He attended South Miami Senior High School and graduated from Miami Coral Park High School and focused on his career as a rapper.

After meeting Lil Jon in Miami[7], Pitbull participated in the recording of the album by Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz Kings of Crunk

in 2002[4] Pitbull's song "Oye" was featured on the soundtrack to the film 2 Fast 2 Furious the following year.[7] In addition, Pitbull has also released several freestyle mixtapes and remixes of popular rap songs.

Childhood and youth

Armando Christian Perez (this is the actual name of the performer) was born on January 15, 1981. The creative activity of the future musician made itself felt early - already at the age of three, little Armando was reciting with might and main the lyrical works of the Cuban writer and poet José Julian Martí y Perez. Later, the boy became interested in the music of Willie Chirino and Cecilia Cruz, and also became addicted to rap.

Armando was still a child when his parents separated. He stayed to live with his mother. He resumed his relationship with his father at a more mature age.

Before becoming a world-famous rapper, Perez graduated from South Miami Senior School and Miami Coral Park High School. For some time he lived in Roswell (USA, Georgia).

As a high school student, Armando begins to sell drugs, for which he is expelled. When the guy’s mother found out about this, she kicked him out of the house, saying that it was because of drugs that she separated from his father. Later, relations with his mother were improved, but at that time the minor Perez ended up in a foster family, which he thanks to this day.

Career

2001-03: Luke Records and TVT Records

In 2001, Pitbull signed a contract with Luther Campbell's record label, Luke Records, with the help of Jullian Booth, then the label's vice president of A&R.[8] In 2001, Pitbull met Robert Fernandez of Famous Artist Music & Management, an independent label and management company specializing in promoting artists through the Diaz Brothers, a production duo working for and after a deal with Luke Records, began promoting Pitbull. Together they focused on creating tunes in radio format. Fernandez later told HitQuarters, "At the time, his music had a lot of verses and it took a long time to get to the hook, so we started writing catchier songs with less rap."

Fernandez introduced Pitbull to Lil Jon with the goal of getting some exposure for the rapper on Lil Jon's upcoming album, Kings of Crunk. According to Fernandez, John liked Perez so much that he offered him his track for the album "Pitbull's Cuban Ride Out" and a collaboration that made the young rapper famous.[9]

2004-05: MIAMI

In 2004, Pitbull released his debut album MIAMI

, with lead single "Culo" produced by Lil Jon and Diaz Brothers.
It reached No. 32 on the Billboard
Hot 100 and No.
11 on the Hot Rap Tracks chart. Other singles include "Dammit Man", "Back Up", "Toma" and "That's Nasty" (both featuring Lil Jon). He joined the Anger Management Tour, a 2000 hip-hop concert tour by Eminem and 50 Cent.[10] Pitbull also appeared on the Ying Yang Twins' single "Shake", which peaked at No. 41 on the Hot 100 and No. 12 on the rap chart, Adassa's top single "Kamasutra" and rapper Twista's "Hit the Floor" (#94 Hot 100, No. 20 Rap). In November 2005, the remix album Money Is Still a Major Issue
; it included the track "Everybody Get Up", a duet with hip-hop/R&B group Pretty Ricky.

Pitbull's label at the time, TVT Records, and his previous Slip-n-Slide Records were in dispute over the release of Welcome to the 305

through the Slip-n-Slide label, which Pitbull recorded in 2001, but it was never released.[11] The Miami court found that Slip-n-Slide had legal rights to release the album, since it was recorded while Pitbull was still working with them before he began collaborating with TVT Records[12]. The US District Court subsequently confirmed the decision[13]. TVT was subsequently ordered to pay Slip-n-Slide $9.1 million in May 2007 in an attempt to prevent the album from being released to stores and online.[14]

In 2005, Pitbull and rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs co-founded Bad Boy Latino, a subsidiary of Combe's label Bad Boy Records. It initially focused on Latin hip hop, Latin soul, Latin pop and other tropical music. Offices are located in New York and Miami[15][16]. As a co-founder, Perez also runs the label's A&R division.[3][17][18]

2006-08: El Mariel and The Boatlift

In January 2006, Pitbull guest starred in South Beach

on UPN.
Pitbull recorded "Nuestro Himno" with Wyclef Jean, Carl Ponce and Olga Tañon.[19] On the debut album Listennn... the Album
of Terror Squad member and famous radio DJ DJ Khaled, Pitbull performed two singles: “Holla at Me” and “Born-N-Raised” along with other rappers originally from the south.

Pitbull performs at Allstate Arena, B96 Jingle Bash, Chicago
He dedicated the album to his father, who died in May of that year.[5] In addition to party songs, Pitbull also contributed political tracks to El Mariel

[20].
The album was released on October 31, 2006 and included the singles "Bojangles", "Ay Chico (Lengua Afuera)", "Fuego" and a duet with Puerto Rican singer Ken-Y, "Dime (Remix)". El Mariel
topped
Billboard
[21] and reached No.
17 on the Billboard
200 and No. 2 on the rap chart.

Pitbull's third album The Boatlift

was released in November 2007, with the single "Secret Admirer" featuring Lloyd on the chorus.
Prior to this, Pitbull announced that this album would have more gangsta rap than previous albums.[22] Then came the singles “Go Girl” featuring Trina and “The Anthem” with the participation of his producer Lil Jon (this song used the hook from the song “El Africano” by singer Wilfredo Vargas and DJ Rune RK. “Go Girl” reached No. 80 on the Billboard
Hot 100 and No. 36 on the Hot Rap Tracks, "The Anthem" is No. 36 on the Hot 100 and No. 11 on the Hot Rap Tracks.

His variety concert Pitbull's La Esquina

debuted in May 2007 and ran until 2009 on the cable channel mun2[2][23][24].

Pitbull also appeared on "Move Shake Drop" by DJ Laz and "Feel It" by DJ Felli Fel.

2008-10: Rebelution and Armando

Pitbull in 2010
for the fourth studio album Rebelution

Pitbull released "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)" through Ultra Records after TVT Records went bankrupt.
"Krazy" reached No. 30 on the Hot 100 and No. 11 in Hot Rap Tracks. "I Know You Want Me" reached No. 2 on the Hot 100 and peaked in the top ten in the UK, Canada, Italy and the Netherlands. The song reached number one in France and the European Hot 100 on August 29, 2009. According to Billboard
, "I Know You Want Me" peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2009. He later signed with Polo Grounds Music through Sony Music and created his own label Mr. 305 Inc.[25] The single "Hotel Room Service", which samples "Push the Feeling On", peaked at number 9 on the Hot 100. The album has sold over 7.5 million copies worldwide in digital and disc formats.[26]

After "Go Girl", Pitbull continued collaborating and appeared on rapper David Rush's (ex-Young Bo$$) debut single, "Shooting Star", as well as with Kevin Rudolph and LMFAO. In late May 2009, an amateur video leaked onto the Internet showing Pitbull punching a fan at a Colorado concert. Pitbull explained to MTV News that he had to do this because a fan was throwing money around the stage and he had to push him away, and the guy responded by throwing money right in his face.[27] The Miami Dolphins asked him to work with T-Pain and Jimmy Buffett to release a new song for the Dolphins game.[28] Miami awarded Pitbull the "Key to the City" on August 19, 2009.[29] Another popular single of 2009 was "Blanco" featuring Pharrell Williams of The Neptunes, which was featured on the Fast and the Furious soundtrack. Pitbull recorded a remix with Mexican pop diva Paulina Rubio for her single Ni Rosas Ni Juguetes in November 2009.

November 2, 2010 Pitbull released his debut Spanish-language album Armando

. He was also nominated for the Billboard Latin Music Awards.[30] He earned 7 Latin Rhythm Song of the Year Award nominations for "Bon, Bon"; “Latin American Rhythm, Artist of the Year, Solo Artist”; "Latin American Rhythm, Album of the Year"; "Gathering 50, Latin American Artist of the Year"; "Latin Digital Single of the Year" for "Bon, Bon" and "Hot Latin Song of the Year, Vocal Competition" for the song "I Like It" with Enrique Iglesias. He also won the Telehit award in the "Most Popular Artist" category.[31]

2010-11: Planet Pit

For more on this topic, see Planet Pit.

Pitbull performing in 2011

Hot 100, becoming the single that debuted on the Hot 100 at the highest position of Lopez's career.[32]

Pitbull released Planet Pit

June 21, 2011. He collaborated with T-Pain on his first single, which became a modest hit; "Hey Baby (Drop It to the Floor)"[33].

Give Me Everything and the lawsuit

Main article: Give Me Everything

On March 22, 2011, Pitbull released his second single, "Give Me Everything"; three months later, the song became Pitbull's first single to reach the top of the Billboard

Hot 100[34]. The song was recorded with the participation of American R&B singer Ne-Yo, American singer Nayer and Dutch DJ Afrojack, who became its producer and co-author along with Matt Howard, Pitbull and Ne-Yo.

In August 2011, Lindsay Lohan sued Pitbull, Ne-Yo and Afrojack in response to lyrics in the song referencing her name: "I busted her like Lindsay Lohan." Lohan objected to the line's negative connotations and said she should be compensated for the use of her name. A federal judge dismissed the case, ruling that the tune's lyrics were protected by the First Amendment, which covers freedom of speech and creative expression.[35][36]

2012-13: Global Warming and Men in Black 3

Pitbull in May 2013.
On October 7, 2011, RCA Music Group announced that it had disbanded J Records along with Arista Records and Jive Records. After the closure, Pitbull (and other artists signed to these three labels) were scheduled to release discs through the RCA Records brand.

Pitbull's seventh album Global Warming

was released on November 19, 2012. Pitbull explained that the title reflected the fact that, much like the phenomenon of global warming, it has only been around for a short time and people are already paying attention.[37] The lead single from the album was "Get It Started" featuring Shakira. The third single was Feel This Moment featuring Christina Aguilera.

The second single was for the album Men in Black 3

.
"Back in Time" was the third lead single from the Men in Black
not performed by Will Smith.[38] The song that plays during the end credits, but is not included on the soundtrack, is "Love Is Strange" by Mickey & Sylvia.

Pitbull went on a world tour in support of the album in the summer of 2012.

2013:Global Warming: Meltdown, Tour, film debut and other works

In 2013, Pitbull released an insulting track against Lil Wayne called "Welcome 2 Dade County" immediately after Lil Wayne made unflattering comments about the Miami Heat basketball team.[39] Pitbull first appeared in the movie Epic with the voice of "Bufo". He embarked on a North American/Australian Summer Tour with Kesha to promote both albums, which lasted from May to November. He released the song Feel This Moment featuring Christina Aguilera on January 18, 2013, and they performed live at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards as well as the fourth season of the American television show The Voice

. The song was a commercial success, peaking at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100. He later released the final single from the album, "Global Warming", Outta Nowhere featuring Danny Mercer, in late May. He announced via Twitter that he will release the follow-up to his studio album Global Warming: Meltdown on November 25th, featuring guests Kesha, Kelly Rowland, Inna, Mohombi and Mayer Hawthorne. The lead single, "Timber", featuring singer and tour mate Kesha, was released on October 7.

Pitbull took part in the single Live It Up earlier this summer, collaborating for the third time with Jennifer Lopez and RedOne. The duo performed the song at the Billboard Music Awards, American Idol and Premios Juventud. He has also recorded songs with artists such as Priyanka Chopra, Flo Rida, Jessica Mauboy, Belinda, Jason Derulo and other artists. Pitbull hosted the 2013 American Music Awards on November 24, 2013. In October 2013, the rapper released the song "Timber" with singer Ke$ha. The number of views on YouTube is 600,000,000.

2014—2015: Globalization and Dale

Pitbull, Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte performed the song "We Are One" at the opening ceremony of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

On February 25, 2014, Pitbull released a new single entitled "Wild Wild Love" featuring American music group GRL. The track peaked at number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100.

On April 15, 2014, Pitbull released a single featuring Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte entitled "We Are One (Ole Ola)" for the 2014 FIFA World Cup album One Love, One Rhytm.

In May 2014, it was announced that Pitbull would be hosting and producing a New Year's Eve concert for FOX called "Pitbull's New Year's Revolution" in Miami on December 31, 2014.

In June 2014, it was announced that Pitbull would be receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

On July 8, 2014, Pitbull released a Spanish-language single entitled "Como Yo Le Doy" featuring Don Miguelo. On July 23, 2014, Pitbull released another single entitled "Fireball" featuring John Ryan. Around the same time, he announced his eighth studio album, Globalization, which was released on November 24, 2014.

On October 18, 2014, Pitbull released another single called "Celebrate", which was included on the Penguins of Madagascar soundtrack and later featured on the Globalization album. Globalization was released along with the single "Time of Our Lives", which entered the Hot 100, as did "Timber", peaking at number 9. It also topped the charts for dance club songs, hot songs and artistic graphics. On November 20, 2014, Pitbull released another Spanish-language single, "Piensas (Dile la Verdad)" with Gente de Zona.

On April 21, 2015, Pitbull released the sixth single from the album Globalization entitled "Fun" featuring Chris Brown and peaked at number 40 on the Hot 100. On May 8, 2015, Pitbull posted a teaser video on Twitter for his upcoming second Spanish studio album and ninth studio album under the overall title Dale. The album was officially released on July 17, 2015 and included the singles "Como Yo Le Doy", "Piensas (Dile la Verdad)" and "Baddest Girl in Town". The album earned Pitbull a Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album.

2015-present: Climate Change

On October 26, 2015, Pitbull released a new single called "FREE.K", featuring Adina Howard on the chorus. The song is the first single from his tenth studio album, Climate Change, which was scheduled for release in early 2021. On January 7, 2016, Pitbull released a second single entitled "Freedom". To coincide with the release of the single, the artists collaborated with Norwegian Party Cruise. On February 14, 2021, Pitbull announced that Climate Change would be released on March 17, with pre-orders beginning on February 17.

Pitbull

The famous American rapper Armando Christian Perez, or better known to music connoisseurs as Pitbull, is the idol of many connoisseurs of good tracks. The singer and producer is now very popular and in demand. Creates worthy duets with other stars. Many connoisseurs of this artist’s work will be interested in his biography.

Historical facts from the life of the performer

The famous American rapper Pitbull was born on January 15, 1981 under the zodiac sign of Capricorn. His mom and dad were Cuban immigrants. The boy's parents raised him in the national spirit, but this did not greatly influence his creativity. The biography of the celebrity as a singer began in the late 90s and is now only gaining momentum. The singer became interested in such musical styles as rap, hip-house, crunk, pop, pop-rap. The artist is currently collaborating with many famous stars; almost every person has his songs on their smartphone. The singer grew up as a very developed child and already learned to read at the age of 3.

The boy, like his father, grew up and became a drug dealer, and that is why his mother kicked him out of the house. He graduated from high school and began pursuing a career as a rapper. In 2007, the artist had problems with the law; he was arrested and given a $1,000 fine. At the moment, the singer is single, he is promoting his songs and helping other equally talented performers grow in their careers.

Creative biography

In 2001, Pitbull signed a contract with one of the most famous recording companies and this is where his full-fledged creative career began. The company with which he signed a contract saw a truly great talent in the artist and began to promote him in full. The artist's debut album was released in 2004. It is also worth noting the fact that the artist’s debut single, called Culo, practically blew up the radio airwaves and became very significant for the singer. The artist released his second album in 2009, and one of his songs became the soundtrack of the movie “Fast and Furious.”

The performer is now famous thanks to the following tracks:

Crazy.
Blanco.
You Slip She Grip.
Bad Girls.
I know you want me.
Hotel room service.
Shut it down.
I like it.
On the floor.
Rain over me.

The performer recorded tracks together with Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, and Marc Anthony. Now the artist is active as a producer and collaborates with such stars as Flow Rida, Don Omar, Daddy Yankee, Rick Ross, Enrique Iglesias, Christina Aguilera, Havana Brown, Inna, Stephen Marty and many others.

The singer actively takes part in the creation and promotion of various advertising campaigns and continues to be actively involved in creative activities. The artist has no wife or children; his tracks break all popularity records. The artist has his own official website, his pages can be found on the most popular social networks. The singer’s creative career is just in full swing; fans of his work are expecting new duets and even more driving songs from the performer.

Pitbull is a public figure and therefore is always in full view of journalists. The singer leads a very hectic and interesting life, regularly appears at some events of a grand scale. The singer actively participates in important events on a global scale; his videos can often be seen on TV. The artist’s videos on YouTube are breaking all records for popularity and are gaining more and more views every day; the videos are actively shared on social networks.

Links

www.instagram.com/pitbull

Product advertising

Pitbull and Claudia Leitte performed the song "We Are One" at the opening ceremony of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

2In 2010, Pitbull took part in the Kodak brand's "So Kodak" campaign[40][41] with Drake, Rihanna and Trey Songz. He also began collaborating with the soft drink company Dr Pepper[42] as , for which he recorded a song which he included on his album Armando

[43]. Pitbull also announced that he had become a spokesperson [44], in which he has a stake, [45] and Budweiser chose Pitbull to advertise their Bud Light beer line. In the ad, Pitbull dances and twirls around the stage while holding a bottle of Bud Light. Pitbull also took an equity stake in the Miami Subs Pizza and Grill restaurant chain[46][47].

In 2012, Pitbull was featured in a Walmart advertising campaign in which the Walmart store had to receive the most "likes" from June 18 to July 15, 2012, and the promotion required Pitbull to perform in that store. Boston Phoenix reporter David Thorpe[48] and SomethingAwful.com writer John Hendren started an organized campaign called "#exilepitbull" in which they convinced people to vote for the small town of Kodiak[49]. In an email to The Associated Press, Walmart confirmed that Kodiak won.[50] Pitbull came to Kodiak on July 30, where he received the key to the city from Mayor Patricia Branson before performing to a crowd of hundreds on the Coast Guard stage. The main organizer of the company, to whom Pitbull made a special invitation, was present at the event[51][52].

In November 2013, he launched the fragrance with Jacavi Worldwide and Parlux Ltd[53].

Music

Perez took his first steps in the musical field back in 2000. However, the real start for the musician was 2002 - by that time Armando already had a signed contract with the recording studio Luke Records, where he was assigned by the vice president of the label Jullian Booth, and Robert Fernandez from Famous Artists Musics & Management took over the promotion of Pitbull.

Fernandez discerned a creative impulse and a passionate desire to be heard in the twenty-year-old guy. However, Robert also saw Perez’s weaknesses:

“Pitbull wrote verses that were too long. To make them more memorable and suitable for musical standards, we had to cut them down.”

In 2002, Fernandez brought the aspiring rapper together with John Mortimer Smith, better known as Lil Jon. Smith was well known to the audience, and was also working on a new album - what better way to promote a new artist than to collaborate with an already established one? This is how the feature of performers Lil Jon and Pitbull appeared in the album Kings of Crunk.

The joint work produced the expected results. The very next year, Pitbull was offered money to use his composition in John Singleton's film 2 Fast 2 Furious. Later, the producers of the Fast and the Furious franchise again approached the musician for songs to use as soundtracks for films.

In 2004, the artist's first studio album, called MIAMI, was released. Pitbull's debut took 14th place on the Billbord 200 chart and 11th on the Hot Rap Track. Guest performers included Lil Jon, Oobie, Cubo, Fat Joe, Sean Paul and Trick Daddy. The success of the compositions Culo and Dammit Man allowed Armando to join the rappers' concert tour and the Anger Management Tour.

In November of the following year, a remix album was released, on which, in addition to the guests of the first album, Ivy Queen and Daddy Yankee appeared.

Pitbull also remembers 2005 for two other events - a lawsuit over the rights to release an album between the artist's former label and his current label, as well as the launch of the Bad Boy Latino label, which was founded by Perez together with Sean Combs, better known as Puff Daddy - director of Bad Boy Entertainment.

In 2006, Pitbull took part in the voice acting of the game “Scarface: The World Is Yours.” Also this year, active collaborations began with southern performers such as Jean Wyclef, Olga Tañon, Dj Khaled and the Terror Squad group.

The fun and positivity of the work was interrupted by the death of Armando’s father, which also happened in 2006. Pitbull dedicated his second studio album El Mariel to his deceased parent. The next album was released on November 27, 2007 - it included solo tracks by Pitbull, as well as collaborations with Twista, Lloyd, Don Omar and Jason Derulo.

The fourth album of the musician Pitbull starring in Rebel was released on August 28, 2009. In addition to duets with old acquaintances, Pitbull recorded joint compositions with Akon, Dr. Luke, Nayer and Avery Storm. The main hit of the album was the song I know you want me. Reggae group Rebel filed a lawsuit against the musician, claiming that he used their name to promote his album, but the lawsuit was dismissed.

On November 19, 2009, the city of Miami awarded the musician the key to the city. The following year was marked by a charity performance in Haiti and the release of his first Spanish-language album, for which Pitbull received 7 Billbord Latin Music Awards nominations. On May 3, 2011, the seventh studio album was released. Perez was among the invited guests. The collaboration between JLo and Pitbull On the floor became an instant hit.

A month later, Armando himself released an album, calling it Planet Pit. The hits of this album were the songs Rain over me, Hey baby, Give me everything. Pitbull's next album was released on November 19, 2012 and was called Global Warming. The most popular Global Warming compositions were collaborations with and – Get in started and Feel this moment, respectively. The album also includes the song Back in Time, which became the soundtrack of the film Men in Black 3.

2013 will be remembered by fans of the musician for Pitbull’s conflict with Lil Wayne and Perez’s participation in the voice acting of Chris Wedge’s cartoon “Epic.” Also that year, Pitbull embarked on the North American Tour with singer Kesha Rose Sebert, appeared as a judge on the American music television show The Voice, and released an EP called Meltdown.

In 2014, at the opening of the FIFA World Cup, he performed the song “We are one” with Claudia Leitte and Jennifer Lopez. In July of the same year, he received a personal star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and in November he released the album Globalization, the main hit of which was the track Fun, recorded together with a musician named (Chris Brown).

In 2015, Pitbull released his second Spanish-language album, Dale (for which Perez received a Grammy Award), and also appeared on television, starring in the Danny Strong and Lee Daniels series Empire.

Discography

Main article: Pitbull discography

Studio albums

2004: MIAMI
2006: El Mariel
2007: The Boatlift
2009: Rebelution
2010: Armando
2011: Planet Pit
2012: Global Warming
2014: Globalization
2015: Dale
2017: Climate Change

E.P.

2010: Unreleased
2013: Meltdown

Filmography

Film

La Gasolina: Reggaeton ExplosionHimselfDocumentary2012Blood MoneyHimself Feature film directed by Gregory McQualter 2013EpicBufo Voice Acting 2013Jennifer Lopez: Dance AgainMyselfFilming2015EmpireHimselfSeason 2, Episode 3

A television

Year	Name	Role	Notes
2007	Punk'd	By myself
2007-2008	Corner	By myself	2 episodes; Executive Producer and Writer
2012	Shark Tank	By myself	Special Guest Star
2012	Dancing with the Stars	By myself	Guest

Video games

Year	Name	Role	Notes
2006	Scarface: The World Is Yours	Voice

Notes

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↑ 12
Hustle and Row: All Aboard Pitbull's Boatlift. Latinrapper.com. Retrieved on 2012-04-11.
↑ 12
From the Kennel to the Streets: Pitbull Brings Miami Heat. Latinrapper.com. Retrieved on 2012-04-11.
↑ 1 2 3 Jeffries, David
. allmusic. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
↑ 1 2 Faber, Judy
. Pitbull Sinks His Teeth Into New Album, CBS News (September 27, 2006). Retrieved August 17, 2009.
Herrera, Jr., Reynaldo
.
Pitbull Exclusive Interview, Open Your Eyes Magazine
(May 1, 2009). Archived January 26, 2010. Retrieved December 26, 2009.
↑ 1 2 3 Wiltz, Teresa
.
Hustling to the Beat, The Washington Post
, The Washington Post Company (July 25, 2004). Retrieved August 16, 2009.
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(August 16, 2005). Retrieved August 25, 2011.
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Spanish Version of 'Star-Spangled Banner' Draws Protests, Fox News (April 28, 2006).
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Personal life of Pitbull

The singer manages to keep his personal life secret. At every party he appears accompanied by a new girlfriend, while the press has never been able to catch the singer Pitbull in any serious romance.

American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, music producer, performer of the hits “I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)”, “Krazy”, “Hotel Room Service”, “Give Me Everything”. His album "Rebelution" has sold over 7.5 million copies.

Armando Christian Perez

/ Armando Christian Pérez, known to the world under the pseudonym
Pitbull
, was born on January 15, 1981 into a Cuban family in Florida. His parents separated due to his father's drug problems when he was young. The boy was raised by his mother alone, and he spent some time in a foster family. A mother kicked her 16-year-old son out of the house after learning that he was selling drugs.

After graduating from school, Armando decided to take up rap, but it was not easy for a blue-eyed and light-skinned rapper with Cuban roots to break through.

However, in 2001, Pitbull

signed a contract with Luke Records. After the end of the contract, producer Roberto Fernandez from Famous Artist Music & Management began promoting him. Together they recorded about 50-70 compositions.

Pitbull's music career

In 2002, Fernandez introduced Pitbull

in Miami with Lil Jon, and he offered to write a track for his new album “Kings of Crunk”.

In 2004 Pitbull

released his debut album "MIAMI".
The first single, "Culo", produced by Lil Jon and the Diaz Brothers, peaked at number 32 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was followed by the singles "Dammit Man", "Back Up", "Toma", and "That's Nasty". Pitbull
performed at a hip-hop gathering headlined by Eminem and 50 Cent.

In 2006, Pitbull

recorded "Nuestro Himno" with
Wyclef
Jean,
Carlos
Ponce and
Tañón
.

In October 2006, his second album “El Mariel” was released, named after the tent city of Cuban refugees of the 80s.

Pitbull dedicated the album to his father, who passed away in May 2006.

"El Mariel" climbed to the top of the Billboard independent albums chart, became 17th on the Billboard 200 chart and second on the rap chart.

In November 2007, the remix album “Money Is Still a Major Issue” was released with the new song “Everybody Get Up” in a duet with the group Pretty Ricky and the third studio album “The Boatlift”. The songs “Go Girl” featuring Trina and The Anthem were released as singles.

Pitbull released his fourth album, Rebelution, on Ultra Records. The single “I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)” became number two on the Hot 100 chart and became number one on the charts in the UK, Canada, Italy, Holland, France, and also topped the European Hot 100 chart. The next single “Hotel” Room Service" rose to ninth place on the US Hot 100 chart.

In 2009, Pitbull

also released the track "Blanco" featuring
Pharrell
Williams.

In 2010, Pitbull

participated in the recording of the Spanish-language version of the famous composition “We Are the World” - “Somos El Mundo” - to help Haiti. That same year, he recorded his first Spanish-language album, Armando, and became one of the stars of the Latin Billboard Music Awards, where he received seven nominations. His duet with Enrique Iglesias “I Like It” was nominated for the title of best Latin American song.

In 2011 Pitbull

released another album in English - “Planet Pit”. He also recorded two dance hits with Jennifer Lopez - “On the Floor” and “Dance again”.

The second single from the new album, “Give Me Everything,” featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer, became the first Pitbull

, which topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

In May 2007, Pitbull

debuted on the cable channel mun2 with his own entertainment show.

In August 2009, the city of Miami awarded Pitbull the “key to the city” in recognition of his achievements.

Pitbull discography

Global Warming (2012)
Planet Pit (2011)
Armando (2010)
Rebelution (2009)
The Boatlift (2007)
El Mariel (2006)
MIAMI (2004)

Pitbull Armando Christian Perez (English: Armando Christian P?rez; January 15, 1981), better known as Pitbull (Russian: Pitbull) is an American rapper, singer and music producer. Biography Armando Christian Perez was born on January 15, 1981, into a Cuban family emigrants. The parents raised the boy on works of Cuban culture. Also, the formation of the worldview and creative style of performance of the future rapper was influenced by the atmosphere of cosmopolitan Miami with the intersecting rhythms of different cultures. In the late 90s, Pitbull began working with Bass-music legend Luke. The result of the collaboration was the single "Lollipop". The single became famous throughout the south. Pitbull still speaks with gratitude about Luke, with whom he took his first steps into the complex world of show business. Pitbull's solo career began in 2004. It must be said that, although in 2004 the popularity of crunk began to grow in Miami, and Pitbull had excellent experience in this direction, he still preferred to develop bass music. Pitbull's debut single "Culo" blew up the southern charts. The South of the States and Florida went crazy for "Culo". Produced by Lil Jon. Pitbull signed a contract with TVT Records, and, as the rapper later admitted, he was promised good chances for a musical career, and “it was a pleasant feeling.” The single “Culo” made the young artist popular, and hip-hop stars began to invite him to collaborate on tracks. In particular, Pitbull received invitations from Elephant Man, Ying Yang Twins and others. In the same year, 2004, Pitbull’s first solo album, MIAMI, was released. The title stands for “Money Is Still a Major Issue,” and the track of the same name was recognized as the highest-budget song in 2005. The rapper's second album was El Mariel, the third was The Boatlift, which entered the thirteenth line of Billboard's Hip-Hop list in the very first week. In 2009, the film Fast and Furious 4 was released in wide release, the soundtrack of which included as many as 4 Pitbull tracks: “Crazy” (featuring Lil Jon), “Blanco” (featuring Pharrell), “You Slip, She Grip” (featuring Tego Calderon ), "Bad Girls" (featuring Robin Thicke). The same year, Pitbull released his fourth album, Rebelution. In 2010, Pitbull released an album called Armando. It is followed by the album Planet Pit. Singles “The Anthem” (feat. Lil Jon) “Crazy” (feat. Lil Jon) “I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)” “Blanco” (feat. Pharrell) “Hotel Room” Service" "Girls" (feat. Ke$ha) "Full Of S**t" (feat. Nayer and Bass Ill Euro) "Can't Stop Me Now" (feat. New Royales) "Across The World" (feat . BoB) “Pearly Gates” (feat. Nayer) “Call Of The Wild” “Vida 23” (feat. Nayer) “Shut It Down” (feat. Akon) “Now I’m That Chick” (feat. Livvi Franc ) “Fresh Out the Oven” (feat. Jennifer Lopez) “Maldito Alcohol” (feat. Afrojack) “I Like It” (feat. Enrique Iglesias) (Prod. by RedOne) “DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love Again” ( feat. Usher) “Bon Bon” (“We no speak americano” cover) “Hey Baby (Drop It to the Floor)” (feat. T-Pain) “On the Floor” (feat. Jennifer Lopez) (Prod. by RedOne) “Give Me Everything” (feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer) “Rabiosa” (feat. Shakira) “Come N Go” (feat. Enrique Iglesias) “Where Do We Go” (feat. Jamie Foxx) “ Castle Made Of Sand" (feat. Kelly Rowland) "Took My Love" (feat. RedFoo of LMFAO, Vein, David Rush) "Rain Over Me" (feat. Marc Anthony) (Prod. by RedOne) "Suavemente" (feat. Nayer & Mohombi) (Prod. by RedOne) "Danza Kuduro (Throw Your Hands Up) )" (feat. Lucenzo & Qwote) "Pass At Me" (feat. Timbaland & David Guetta) "I Like How It Feels" (feat. Enrique Iglesias) (Prod. by RedOne) "International Love" (feat. Chris Brown ) “U Know It Ain’t Love” (feat. RJ) “Slow” (feat. Elia) “Crazy Piople” (feat. Sansato)

The boy was born in Miami, Florida. His parents had to emigrate here from Cuba. Real name: Armando Christian Perez. The father left the family shortly after the birth of his son, so the mother was mainly involved in raising the child.