 About
Pitbull (Biography)
Born
to Cuban immigrants, Pitbull was raised by a single mother in Miami, Fl.
The family endured frequent relocating to different parts of town, which
honed Pitbull’s skills to adapt to any environment and interact with
different types of people. His absent father reemerged in his life when
Pitbull was 18. Since then until his passing, Pit remained on friendly
terms with his father. All the while Pit was falling for hip-hop.
Through his constant winning verbal warfare, his VIP friendships (Lil
Jon and Luke Campbell) Pit signed with TVT. Since then Pitbull has
become one of the top MC’s in the game releasing his gold-selling debut,
M.I.A.M.I. (Money Is A Major Issue) in 2004 and his sophomore album "El
Mariel” in 2006.
Pitbull is heavily involved in community and charitable endeavors
including his own non-profit organization called Imaginate Foundation,
which provides college scholarships to first and second generation
immigrants, which will begin to be offered in 2008. Pitbull is also
involved with Voto Latino as part of their artist coalition. He recently
presented an award to actress Rosario Dawson at this year’s Hispanic
Heritage Awards.
In addition, Pitbull is set to begin filming the second season to his
sitcom La Esquina. In its first season, the program held thee position
as the #1 most watched original programming on the network. For more
information visit www.pitbullmusic.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RAP SUPERSTAR PITBULL RETURNS WITH THE MUCH-ANTICIPATED RELEASE
OF “THE BOATLIFT” ON NOVEMBER 27th
Pitbull’s star-studded third studio album features guest appearances
from Jim Jones, Lloyd, Don Omar, Trina and many others
as well as production from Play-N-Skillz, Lil Jon, Mr. Collipark
and Echo
New York, NY – Respected MC Pitbull is joined by a star-studded crew of
artists and producers on the November 27th release of his highly
anticipated third studio album “The BoatLift” (TVT Records). Pitbull
teams up with GRAMMY award winning producers
Play-N-Skillz (Chamillionaire
- “Ridin,” Kia Shine “So Krispy”) for his first single “Secret Admirer”
feat R&B sensation Lloyd. The single is racing up the charts having held
a steady position on the Rhythmic Top 40 charts for the past 5 weeks and
steadily climbing. In addition, Pitbull recently shot the video for the
single, directed by up and coming director David Russeau. The video
features cameos from Fat Joe and Steven Bauer who starred as Manolo
Ribera in the cult classic, Scarface.
“The Boatlift” showcases Pitbull’s lyrical prowess as he crusades
through 18 tracks penning clever and captivating visuals on each song.
Pitbull has created an incredibly diverse album ranging from R&B
influenced sounds with his hit single "Secret Admirer" feat Lloyd to
techno/dance inspired tracks like “The Anthem,” as well as songs like
“Midnight” that are heavily mainstream/pop influenced and down south
inspired tracks like “Dookie.”
“The Boatlift” boasts standout appearances from Trina, Jim Jones,
Don Omar, Twista,
Lloyd, Frankie J,
Young Berg, Trick Daddy,
Fabo of D4L and Young Boss. Pitbull teams up
with Trina and Young Boss on the hypnotic club banger “Go Girl,” which
he also filmed a video for in Miami. Other album notables include
“Sticky Icky” produced by Lil Jon, featuring Jim Jones, “Fuego” feat
Platinum artist Don Omar, produced by Mr. Collipark and the Twista
assisted “Candy Man” produced by Echo.
“Most immigrants that came to this country came through some type of
boat lift, said Pitbull. “This is my way of taking everybody on a ride
through my eyes; this is my boatlift -- my way of bringing them to
freedom through the universal language of music. Now let's ride!”
Pitbull’s last album “El Mariel” produced numerous radio hits including
the club anthem "Bojangles," and the hit rap single, "Ay Chico.” In 2004
Pitbull surpassed gold status for more than 600,000 copies sold of his
debut album “M.I.A.M.I.: Money Is A Major Issue” in the United States.
The feat gave Pitbull the biggest-selling bilingual hip-hop debut since
Cypress Hill’s 1991 self-titled debut, and put him in the rare category
of Latino rappers who have achieved major success at English-language
radio. Bolstered by such breakthrough singles as “Culo,” “Dammit Man,”
and “Toma,” Pitbull’s debut – as well as its highly-successful successor
remix album “Money Is Still a Major Issue” – have made Pitbull an
unstoppable voice in urban music.
Pitbull Audio
"Go
Girl" featuring Trina
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"Secret Admirer" featuring Lloyd
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Pitbull
Video
"Go Girl"
http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1568964&vid=189789
"Go Girl" featuring Trina
Pitbull Pictures
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