Monday, August 19, 2013
ARMANDO CHRISTIAN PéREZ (born
January 15, 1981), better known by his stage name PITBULL or Mr.
Worldwide, is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. His
first recorded performance was from the Lil Jon album Kings
of Crunk in 2002. In 2004, he released his debut album titled M.I.A.M.I. (short
for Money Is A Major Issue) under TVT Records. He
released El Mariel in 2006 and The Boatlift in
2007. In 2009, the album Rebelution spawned the hit
single "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)". Pitbull's 2011 album, Planet
Pit, featured the single "Give Me Everything" which was his first
number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100. The song reached
#1 worldwide and featured artists Ne-yo, Nayer, and Afrojack.
Pitbull has performed as a featured artist in the remixes of many other hit
songs, like "Tik Tok", "Scream & Shout", "Lo Hecho
Esta Hecho", "Bad", "Papi", "Diamonds",
"How Low", "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)", "Video Phone",
"Over To You Now" and "Bumpy Ride".
Pitbull was born to Cuban parents in Miami, Florida.
When he was three, he could recite the works of Cuba's national hero and
poet, José Martí. He encountered problems early in his career as a
rapper because he is white with blue eyes, hails from theSouth, and is
Cuban. He was also influenced by the Miami bass genre of pop
music and has cited Celia Cruz and Willy Chirino as
sources of inspiration for his music. Pérez's parents separated when he
was young, and he was raised by his mother; he later spent time with a foster
family in Roswell, Georgia. His mother later kicked him out of
their house when he was 16 after he became a drug dealer, as had his father
before him. He attended South Miami Senior High School before
graduating from Miami Coral Park High School and focused his career
in rapping.
He said he chose his stage name because pitbulls "bite to
lock. The dog is too stupid to lose. And they're outlawed in Dade County.
They're basically everything that I am. It's been a constant
fight". After meeting Lil Jon in Miami, Pitbull was
featured on Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz' album Kings of Crunk in
2002. Pitbull's song "Oye" was featured on the soundtrack to the
film 2 Fast 2 Furious the following year. In addition,
Pitbull also released several mixtapes, composed of freestyles and
remixes of popular rap music. Campbell featured Pitbull in his single, Lollipop.
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