Armando Christian Pérez




Better known as Pitbull, was born January 14, 1981 in Miami, Florida. His parents split, when he was a little kid, which caused him to go into foster care. Pitbull lived with his foster family in Roswell, Georgia and began rapping in high school. Pitbull was inspired by rappers such as Notorious B.I.G. After graduating from high school, Pitbull continued to pursue his rapping career. He met Luther Campbell, a rapper for 2 Live Crew, who encouraged Pitbull to rap. After meeting Lil Jon in Miami, Pitbull was featured on Lil Jon and The East Side Boyz Album, "Kings Of Crunk" in 2002. But that was only the beginning of Pitbull's career, there would be many more albums to come.