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Armando Christian Pérez (born January 15, 1981), better known by his stage name Pitbull,
is an American rapper from Miami, Florida. His first recorded
mainstream performance was on a solo track from Lil Jon's 2002 album
Kings of Crunk, which featured Pitbull rapping over Jon's production. In
2004, Pitbull released his debut album titled M.I.A.M.I. (short for
Money Is A Major Issue), under TVT Records; the album included
production from high-profile producers Lil Jon and Jim Jonsin. Pitbull
later released his second album El Mariel, in 2006 and his third, The
Boatlift, in 2007. His fourth album, Rebelution (2009), included 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 fellow artists Ne-Yo,
Nayer, and Afrojack. Pitbull also released "Timber" in October 2013 from
his EP album Meltdown and was a global hit, reaching #1 in many
countries and making it to #1 in Billboard Hot 100 and #1 in UK for a
total of twenty #1 positions worldwide. The song has charted worldwide
making it his second one to do so. He performed the song in different
award show including the 2013 American Music Awards, in which he was the
host. Pitbull has performed as a featured artist on the remixes of
other hit singles. He was chosen by FIFA and Sony Music to write and
record "We Are One (Ole Ola)" along with Jennifer Lopez and Claudia
Leitte, which served as the official song of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Pitbull was the featured speaker at the official opening of the new
charter middle and high school Sports Leadership and Management (SLAM),
which he helped build on August 19, 2013 in Miami's Little Havana, the
neighborhood where he grew up. The school will be run by the non-profit
Mater Academy.