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Video | Pitbull and Aventura Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month Find out how Cuban rapper Pitbull celebrates sus raices Latinas, and find out who his most treasured influences are -- ni te imaginas who some of his top picks are!
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Video | Hotel Room Service Pass the Courvoisier and get ready for the most intensely sexy noche de tu vida. Watch Pitbull's latest X-rated music video.
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Video | I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho) If you want to see Pitbull do some serious booty dancing with his (uno, dos, tres) cuatro novias, watch this video! Querrán bailar también.
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Video | Blanco Watch this video muy sensual if you want to see Pitbull lookin' fine.
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Video | Krazy This song is gonna drive you kra-zy, this beat is really kra-zy, and Lil Jon holds it down like kra-zy! One listen of this latest collabo between "Mr. 305" and Lil Jon, and you're going to have it stuck in your cabeza all day!
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Video | The Anthem Lil Jon joins el perro rabioso on this high-energy anthem guaranteed to drive you loco on the dance floor!
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Pitbull on Blogamole Whether he's talking smack about Daddy Yankee, charming up Kat DeLuna, or reppin' for his fellow Cubanos, we've got all the chisme you can handle about Pitbull on MTV Tr3s' official blog!
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Video | Go Girl Pitbull, el perro Casanova, parties like a rock star with all the lovely ladies. Young Bo$$ and Trina join the crooning Cubano in this crowd mover.
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Video | MTV News: Pitbull on Fidel Castro and TVT Records Cuban hip-hop star Pitbull mouths off on Fidel Castro and the TVT Records controversy.
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Video | The Anthem (Live on Rock Dinner) Pitbull delivers an outstanding live performance of his hit song, "The Anthem" after munching down on some food for Rock Dinner.
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Photos | MTV.com Exclusive El MC Cubano jacked a boat over to the MTV studios to snap some exclusive pics. Check them out here!
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Video | Secret Admirer Forbidden romance off the coast of the 305. Watch the first installment of Pitbull's "Miami Vice"-inspired love saga.
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Video | Everybody Get Up E'erbody get crunk with the P-I-T and tear the club up with this video.
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Video | Toma Oy-e, lo-ca! Ven pa'ca... and watch this classic Pitbull / Lil John collabo.
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Video | Culo In this classic club-banger, Pitbull teams up with Lil John to deliver a gully track sure to get your booty movin'!
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Video | Ay Chico (Lengua Afuera) Todo el mundo got their "lengua afuera"... and so will you after seeing this Pitbull video...
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Video | Bojangles The following is not a test... If you are into watching the mamis "back it up", then, this Pitbull / Lil John collabo is especially for you.
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Pitbull on Rhapsody.com Get your crunk on by listening to your favorite Pitbull tracks online!
Full Biography
When the Southern-flavored party rap called crunk took over urban radio in 2004, Miami rapper Pitbull decided it was time to seek stardom. The way Pitbull sees it, "crunk ain't nothin' but bass music slowed down." Miami bass music, that is, the kind Pitbull grew up on. His parents were first-generation Cuban immigrants who didn't let their son forget about his culture. They required him to memorize the works of Cuban poet José Martí, and Pitbull understood the power of words right away. Southern acts like Poison Clan and Luther Campbell were early influences, but as he grew, the young rapper got turned on to the G-funk sound of the West Coast and the New York City point of view Nas brought to the game.
Pitbull got involved in the game himself when he started appearing on Miami mixtapes. A meeting with Irv Gotti resulted in nothing, but soon Luther Campbell called on the rapper to appear on his "Lollipop" single. It brought Pitbull to the attention of the Diaz Brothers management team, who introduced the rapper to the king of crunk, Lil Jon. A Pitbull freestyle landed on Lil Jon's platinum-selling Kings of Crunk album in 2002, and the rapper's "Oye" track appeared on the 2 Fast 2 Furious soundtrack in 2003. Ready to take it all the way to the top, Pitbull unleashed his debut full-length, M.I.A.M.I., in 2004 on the TVT label with the Lil Jon-produced single "Culo" leading the way. Soon Pitbull was making guest appearances on tracks by everyone from the Ying Yang Twins to Elephant Man. The 2005 compilation Money Is Still a Major Issue collected the best of these collaborations along with some remixes and unreleased tracks. In 2006 the single "Bojangles" prepared fans for his next album, El Mariel. As the album landed on the shelves it was announced that his next effort would be entirely in Spanish and titled The Boatlift. ~David Jeffries, All Music Guide
