Armando Christian Pérez, who is famous worldwide by his stage name as ‘’Pitbull.’’ He is an American rapper, a singer, record producer, a songwriter. If you are a legit Pitbull fan, you will not be surprised to know that he has some serious acting skills.
Some of his global, top of the hit list are “I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho),” “Give Me Everything,” “Timber, “Hey Baby (Drop It to the Floor).”
Not only this, but he also produced and official song for the FIFA world cup 2014 and was again in top charts in more than 20 countries of the world.
To date, Pitbull has made public ten music albums, thirty-five music videos, four mixtapes, four compilation albums, and eighty singles. Since he is a favorite of most people who love rap music, let’s find some astonishing facts and net worth of Pitbull.
Early Life
Armando Christian Pérez, aka Pitbull, was born on 15th January 1981 in Miami, Florida, America. He was raised in the custody of his mother as his parents got divorced at an early age.
From the beginning, Pérez has shown interest in pop music culture and could recite the work of Jose Marti at the age of 3.
Pérez completed his education from Miami Coral Park High School and started pursuing his passion for music and rapping, became a pop music icon.
Personal Life
As a public figure, your fans always wanted to know what is going in your own life, but maintaining privacy is also their fundamental right.
Similarly, Pitbull intends to keep his private life very secret; thus, you will find very little about it. However, he has four children from his past relationships, and, currently, he is single.
Career
His professional career as a singer starter from the year 2001 when he signed a contract with Luther Campbell’s Luke Records.
As the deal ended, he got introduced to Lil Jon, where he recorded his first solo track named ‘’Pitbull’s Cuban Rideout.’’ Which helped Pérez to live his passion and also gave his career a rocket speed as a rapper.
After receiving a tremendous amount of appreciation, he released his first album called M.I.A.M.I, which was mainly a mixtape with the most popular track of the time ‘’Culo.’’ In the year 2005, Pitbull collaborated with Pretty Ricky, who is a hip hop group and released a remix mixtape which they named ‘’Money Is Still a Major Issue.’’
After being associated with many record producers and labels, he launched his own music record studio ‘’ Bad Boy Records.
Being consistent in such a volatile industry where legendary singers, rappers, musicians take time to embark their names, Pitbull just got lucky. During all of his career, he never failed to keep his fans entertained; he has conducted several concerts out of which 2012’s Planet Pitbull World Tour and the 2015’s Pitbull Live in Hong Kong are very famous.
He has signed several deals with Walmart, Kodak, and many more prominent brands as their brand ambassador.
As far as his rapping career is concerned, he has released ten music albums, 35 music videos, four mixtapes, four compilation albums, and 80 singles. Nearly around 2017, he became a worldwide blockbuster musician and rapper and collaborated with Akon, Jennifer Lopez, Usher, Chris Brown, Shakira, T-Pain, Enrique, Christina Aguilera, Ne-Yo, Kesha, Becky G, DJ Khaled, Rick Ross, Flo Rida, Inna, Prince Royce, and many more.
On the other hand, he also acted in several TV shows and movies such as Blood Money (2013), Epic (2013), Shark Tank (2012), and Empire (2015). Even now, he is into some digital TV stuff with Endemol media.
Awards in Musical Profession
Throughout his life, Pitbull was nominated for 143 awards, out of which he won 46 awards.
- Grammy for Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album in 2016.
- Billboard Music Awards for Top Latin Song in 2011.
- Billboard Music Awards for Top Radio Song 2012.
- Billboard Music Awards for Top Rap Song 2014.
- Premios 40 Principales America for Best Urban Artist in 2012.
- Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards Colombia for Favorite Collaboration in2017.
- San Diego International Film Festival for Music Icon Award in 2019.
And many more.
Pitbull Net Worth and Source of Income
As of 2021, Pitbull’s net worth is estimated to be roughly $100 Million. The only source we used to accumulate his net worth is by considering the net sales of all of his albums.
Not only this, but some of his singles also have received gold, silver, platinum certification from several countries, which will be no less than $70 million. He also worked as a brand ambassador of several substantial multinational companies like Walmart, Kodak, etc.