Pitbull

Pit Bull was born January 15, 1981 in a family of Cuban immigrants in Miami , Florida . When he was 3 years old, he could already read the poems of the Cuban national hero and poet Jose Marti ^[1] . He also encountered problems at the beginning of his rapper career because he was a white-skinned with blue eyes, a native of the southern state, and a Cuban. ^[6] He was influenced by the genre of pop music Miami bass ^[5] , and Celia Cruz and Willy Chirino became a source of inspiration for his music ^[7] . Peres's parents broke up when he was little, he was raised by his mother; he later spent time in Roswell, Georgia ^[8] . His mother kicked him out of the house when he became a drug dealer, like his father. He went to the South Miami Senior High School Elementary School , and graduated from Miami Coral Park High School High School and focused on the rapper's career.

After meeting in Miami with Lil John ^[8] , Pit Bull participated in the recording of the album Lil John and “East Side Boyz” Kings of Crunk in 2002. ^[5] Pit Bull's song “Oye” became the soundtrack for the movie The Fast and the Furious next year ^{[8] ]} . In addition, Pitbull has also released several freestyle mixtapes and remixes of popular rap songs.

2001-03: Luke Records and TVT Records

In 2001, Pit Bull signed a contract with Luther Campell's record company, Luke Records, with the help of Julian Booth, then still vice president of A&R Records ^[9] . In 2001, Pit Bull met Robert Fernandez of Famous Artist Music & Management, an independent label and management company specializing in promoting artists through Diaz Brothers , a production duet working for the company. Fernandez “saw in him zeal and longing” and after a deal with Luke Records began to spin Pitbull. Together they focused on creating tunes in the radio format. Fernandez later told HitQuarters : “At that time, his music had a lot of poems and it took a long time to get to the hook, so we started writing more catchy songs with less rap.”

Fernandez introduced Pit Bull to Lil John with the goal of spotlighting at least a bit of a rapper on Lil John's upcoming Kings of Crunk album. According to Fernandez, John liked Perez so much that he offered him his track for the album “Pitbull's Cuban Ride Out” and the collaboration that made the young rapper famous ^[10] .

2004-05: MIAMI

In 2004, Pit Bull released his debut album, MIAMI , with the main single, " Culo, " co-produced by Lil Jon and Diaz Brothers . He reached No. 32 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 11 on the Hot Rap Tracks chart. Other singles are “ Dammit Man ”, “ Back Up ”, “ Toma ” and “ That's Nasty ” (both with Lil Jon). He joined the Anger Management Tour, the 2000 Eminem hip-hop concert tour and 50 Cent ^[11] . The pit bull also appeared in the single “Shake” of the duo Ying Yang Twins , which reached No.41 in the Hot 100 and No.12 in the rap chart, in the top single Adassa “Kamasutra” and “ Hit the Floor ” of rapper Twista (# 94 Hot 100, No. 20 Rap). In November 2005, the remix album Money Is Still a Major Issue was released; it included the track "Everybody Get Up", a duet with hip-hop / R & B group Pretty Ricky .

The Pit Bull label at that time, TVT Records and its previous Slip-n-Slide Records were arguing over the release of Welcome to the 305 via the Slip-n-Slide label, which was recorded by Pit Bull in 2001, but it never came out ^[12] . The Miami court acknowledged that Slip-n-Slide has legal rights to release the album, since it was recorded while Pit Bull was still working with them before he began working with TVT Records ^[13] . The US District Court subsequently upheld the decision ^[14] . TVT subsequently ordered Slip-n-Slide to pay $ 9.1 million in May 2007 in an attempt to prevent the release of the album in stores and the Internet ^[15] .

In 2005, Pit Bull and rapper Sean Diddy Combs co-founded Bad Boy Latino , a subsidiary of Bad Boy Records . Initially, she focused on Latin American hip hop , Latin American soul , Latin American pop music and other tropical music . Offices are located in New York and Miami ^{[16] [17]} . Since Perez is a co-founder, he also runs the division of A&R label ^{[4] [18] [19]} .

2006-08: El Mariel and The Boatlift

In January 2006, Pit Bull was a guest star on South Beach on UPN . Pit Bull recorded " Nuestro Himno " with Wyclef Jean , Carl Ponce and Olga Tanyon ^[20] . On the debut album Listennn ... the Album, member of Terror Squad and famous radio DJ DJ Khaled, Pit Bull performed two singles: " Holla at Me " and " Born-N-Raised " along with other rappers from the south.

He dedicated the album to his father, who died in May of that year ^[6] . In addition to party songs, Pit Bull also added political tracks to El Mariel ^[21] . 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 hit the top of the Billboard ^[22] and reached No. 17 on the Billboard 200 and No. 2 on the rap chart.

Pit Bull's third album, The Boatlift, was released in November 2007, with the single " Secret Admirer " featuring Lloyd in the chorus. Before that, Pit Bull announced that this album will have more gangsta rap than in previous albums ^[23] . Then the singles “ Go Girl ” came out with the participation of Trina and “ The Anthem ” with the participation of its producer Lil John (this song used a hook from the song “El Africano” by singer Wilfredo Vargas and the rhythm from the song “ Calabria ” by DJ Rune RK . “Go Girl ”reached No. 80 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 36 on the Hot Rap Tracks chart;“ The Anthem ”reached No. 36 on the Hot 100 and No.11 on Hot Rap Tracks.

His pop concert Pitbull's La Esquina debuted in May 2007 and lasted until 2009 on the cable channel mun2 ^{[2] [24] [25]} .

Pit Bull also appeared in DJ Shift Drop 's Move Shake Drop and DJ Felli Fel 's Feel It .

2008-10: Rebelution and Armando

For Rebelution's fourth studio album, Pit Bull released “ I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho) ” via Ultra Records after the TVT Records went bankrupt. "Krazy" reached No. 30 on the Hot 100 and No. 11 at Hot Rap Tracks. "I Know You Want Me" reached No. 2 in the Hot 100 and peaked in the top ten charts in the UK, Canada, Italy and the Netherlands. The song came first in France and the European Hot 100 on August 29, 2009. According to Billboard magazine, “I Know You Want Me” peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2009 . He later signed to Polo Grounds Music via Sony Music and created his own label, Mr. 305 Inc. ^[26] The single “ Hotel Room Service ”, with samples from “ Push the Feeling On ”, peaked at number 9 on the Hot 100. The album sold over 7.5 million copies worldwide in digital format and on discs. ^[27]

After Go Girl, Pit Bull continued to collaborate and appeared on rapper David Rush's debut single (formerly Young Bo $$), Shooting Star , as well as with Kevin Rudolph and LMFAO . At the end of May 2009, an amateur video appeared on the Internet, where Pit Bull punched one of the fans at a Colorado concert. Pit bull explained to MTV News that he had to do this because the fan threw money around the stage, and he had to push him away, and the guy responded by throwing money directly in his face ^[28] . Miami Dolphins asked him to work with T-Pain and Jimmy Buffett to release a new song for the Dolphins game ^[29] . Miami awarded Pit Bull with “The Key to the City” on August 19, 2009. ^[30] Another popular single of 2009 was “ Blanco, ” featuring Farrell Williams from The Neptunes , which became the soundtrack for The Fast and the Furious . Pit Bull recorded a remix with Mexican pop diva Paulina Rubio for her single, Ni Rosas Ni Juguetes, in November 2009.

In 2010, Pit Bull performed the charity song “Somos El Mundo” in Haiti, the Spanish version of “ We Are the World ”, along with a group of Latin American singers with soloists Emilio and Gloria Estefan . He also participated in the song “ Armada Latina, ” the fourth single from the Rise Up album of the Latin American rap legend, Cypress Hill . The producer of the song was Jim Johnsin , as well as Mark Anthony . Then Pit Bull collaborated with Alexandra Burke in the single " All Night Long ." He also participated in Asher 's DJ Got Us Fallin 'in Love .

On November 2, 2010, Pit Bull released its debut Hispanic album Armando . He was also nominated for the Billboard Latin Music Awards ^[31] . He earned 7 nominations for the Latin American Rhythm, Song of the Year Award for Bon, Bon ; "Latin American Rhythm, Artist of the Year, Solo Artist"; “Latin American Rhythm, Album of the Year”; “Assembly 50, Latin American Artist of the Year”; “Latin American Digital Single of the Year” for “Bon, Bon” and “Hot Latin American Song of the Year, Vocal Competition” for the song “ I Like It ” along with Enrique Iglesias . He also won the Telehit Award in the category “Most Popular Artist” ^[32] .

2010-11: Planet Pit

In February 2011, Jennifer Lopez released the album “ Love? ", On two singles from which Pit Bull participated. Fresh Out the Oven wasn’t successful either among critics or the public, but the second issue of On the Floor was a definite hit. The single entered the chart under No.9 on the Billboard Hot 100 , becoming the single that debuted in the Hot 100 on the highest line in Lopez’s career ^[33] .

Pit Bull released Planet Pit on June 21, 2011. He collaborated with T-Pain on his first single, which became a modest hit; “ Hey Baby (Drop It to the Floor) ” ^[34] .

Give Me Everything and Litigation

March 22, 2011 Pitbull released the second single “Give Me Everything”; three months later, the song became the first single from Pit Bull, which reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart ^[35] . 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, Pit Bull and Ne-Yo.

In August 2011, Lindsay Lohan sued Pitbull, Ne-Yo, and Afrojack in response to words in the song referencing her name: "I arrested her as Lindsay Lohan." Lohan objected to the negative subtext of the line and stated that she should be compensated for using her name. The federal judge closed the case, holding that the words of the melody are protected by the First Amendment , which relates to freedom of speech and creative expression ^{[36] [37]} .

2012-13: Global Warming and Men in Black 3

On October 7, 2011, the RCA Music Group announced that it had disbanded J Records together Arista Records and Jive Records . After closing, Pit Bull (and the other artists who signed with these three labels) were supposed to release the discs through the RCA Records brand.

Pitbull’s seventh album Global Warming was released on November 19, 2012. Pitbull explained that the name reflected the fact that in many ways, like the phenomenon of global warming, it appeared for a short while, and people are already paying attention ^[38] . The main single from the album was “ Get It Started ” with Shakira . The third single was Feel This Moment with Christina Aguilera .

The second single was for the album People in Black 3 . “ Back in Time ” was the third major single from the Men in Black franchise, which Will Smith did not play ^[39] . A song that plays during the end credits, but is not included in the soundtrack, “ Love Is Strange ” by the duo Mickey & Sylvia .

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

2013: Global Warming: Meltdown , Tour, Film Debut, and Other Work

In 2013, Pit Bull released an offensive track against Lil Wayne called "Welcome 2 Dade County" ( Russian "Welcome to Dade County" ) immediately after Lil Wayne unflatteringly commented on the Miami Heat basketball team ^[40] . Pit bull first appeared in the Epic movie 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 with Christina Aguilera on January 18, 2013, and they performed live at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards , as well as in the fourth season of the American Voice show. The song was a commercial success, reaching line 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 . He later released his latest single from Global Warming, Outta Nowhere , featuring Danny Mercer in late May. He announced via Twitter that he would release a follow-up to his studio album Global Warming: Meltdown on November 25th with guests such as Kesha , Kelly Rowland , Inna , Mohombi and Mayer Hawthorne . The lead single, “ Timber, ” featuring singer and tour friend Kesha, was released on October 7th.

Pit Bull took part in the summer of the single Live It Up , 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 also recorded songs with artists such as Priyanka Chopra , Flo Rida , Jessica Moboy , Belinda , Jason Derulo and other artists. Pit Bull hosted the American Music Awards 2013 on November 24, 2013. In October 2013, the rapper released a song with Ke $ ha 's Timber . The number of views on YouTube is more than 1,000,000,000.

2014–2015: Globalization and Dale

Pit bull, Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte performed the song “We Are One” at the opening ceremony of the 2014 World Cup.

On February 25, 2014, Pit Bull released a new single, entitled “Wild Wild Love,” featuring American music band GRL. This track peaked at number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 .

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

In May 2014, it was announced that Pitbull would host and host New Year's Eve in Miami for the FOX television channel, entitled Pitbull's New Year's Revolution, on December 31, 2014.

In June 2014, it was announced that Pit Bull would receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame .

On July 8, 2014, Pit Bull released a Hispanic single titled "Como Yo Le Doy" featuring Don Miguelo. On July 23, 2014, Pit Bull released another single, titled “Fireball,” with John Ryan. Around the same time, he announced the eighth studio album Globalization, which was released on November 24, 2014.

On October 18, 2014, Pit Bull released another single, entitled “Celebrate,” which was included on the soundtrack of Penguins from Madagascar and later on the Globalization album. Globalization was released with the single “Time of Our Lives”, which hit the Hot 100 and reached number 9. He also led the hit parade of dance club songs, hot songs and graphic art. On November 20, 2014, Pit Bull released another Spanish-language single, “Piensas (Dile la Verdad),” along with Gente de Zona .

On April 21, 2015, Pit Bull released the sixth single from the Globalization album, entitled “Fun,” featuring Chris Brown, and reached number 40 on the Hot 100 . On May 8, 2015, Pit Bull posted a teaser video on Twitter for his upcoming second Spanish studio album and ninth studio album, titled 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”. This album awarded the Pit Bull with a Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album.

2015-Present: Climate Change and Greatest Hits

On October 26, 2015, Pit Bull released a new single, titled “FREE.K,” chanted by Adina Howard. The song is the first single from his tenth studio album, entitled Climate Change, which was due to be released in early 2016. On January 7, 2016, Pit Bull released a second single titled Freedom. To coincide with the release of the single, the artists began to collaborate with the Norwegian Party Cruise. February 14, 2017, Pit Bull announced that Climate Change will be released on March 17, pre-orders began on February 17.

On November 10, 2017, Pit Bull announced its 5th compilation album, titled Pitbull Greatest Hits . This album features thirteen tracks, eleven of which are the most successful songs by Pit Bull, accompanied by the songs “Jungle” (with Stereotypes together Abraham Mateo and E-40 ) and “Locas” (together with Lil John ), two completely new songs Pit bull. The deluxe edition was released only in Japan and included the 14th track “Celebrate”. The collection was released worldwide on December 1, 2017.

Pit Bull recorded a song with Indian singer and songwriter Guru Randhawa, Slowly Slowly, released on the T-Series label on April 19, 2019. The music video gained 38 million views on YouTube in 24 hours, becoming one of the most watched videos in the world in 24 hours.

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

2In 2010, Pit Bull participated in the So Kodak campaign of the Kodak brand ^{[41] [42]} with Drake , Rihanna and Trey Songz . He also began working with Dr Pepper ^[43] , a soft drinks company, as Vida 23 , for which he recorded a song that he included on his Armando album ^[44] . Pit Bull also announced that he became a representative of Voli Vodka ^[45] , in which he has a stake ^[46] , and Budweiser chose Pit Bull to advertise their Bud Light beer line. In an ad, Pit Bull dances and spins around the stage with a Bud Light bottle. Pit Bull also took part in the Miami Subs Pizza and Grill restaurant chain ^{[47] [48]} .

In 2012, Pit Bull was involved in the Walmart advertising campaign, in which the Walmart store was supposed to receive the most “likes” from June 18 to July 15, 2012, and under the terms of the campaign, Pit Bull was supposed to perform in this store. The Boston Phoenix reporter David Thorpe ^[49] and SomethingAwful.com writer John Hendren started an organized company called “#exilepitbull”, in which they convinced people to vote for the provincial town of Kodiak ^[50] . In an email to the Associated Press, Walmart confirmed that Kodiak won ^[51] . Pitbull arrived in Kodiak on July 30, where he received the city key from Mayor Patricia Branson, and then spoke to a crowd of hundreds of people on the Coast Guard stage. The main organizer of the company, to whom Pit Bull made a special invitation, attended the event ^{[52] [53]} .

In November 2013, he launched the fragrance with Jacavi Worldwide and Parlux Ltd ^[54] .

Pit Bull was a guest presenter at the official opening of the new Sports Leadership and Management (SLAM) charter school, which he helped build on August 19, 2013 in Little Havana , Miami, where he grew up. ^[55] He was married, has children.

Legal issues

December 21, 2007 Pitbull arrested for drunk driving; he gave a bail of $ 1,000 and was released ^[56] . He was later acquitted ^[57] .