Pitbull | Rapper
Pitbull
2011–present: Planet Pit
Pitbull released his highly anticipated follow-up English album, Planet Pit, on June 21, 2011. Pitbull collaborated with T-Pain on its first single, “Hey Baby (Drop It To The Floor)”. Pitbull announced he’s the spokesperson for Voli Vodka, in which he holds a majority equity stake. Pitbull has also collaborated with Jennifer Lopez on her single “On the Floor”. On March 22, 2011, Pitbull released his second single, “Give Me Everything” featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer, and three months later, the song became Pitbull’s first single to top the Billboard Hot 100. On May 2, 2011, Pitbull and Mýa appeared on WWE Monday Night RAW to celebrate Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s birthday. Pitbull will be touring Australia as part of Iglesias’ “Euphoria” tour in July 2011. Pitbull appeared as musical guest on Conan on August 1, 2011. On August 22nd, 2011, Lindsay Lohan sued Pitbull, Ne-Yo and Afrojack in response to “Give Me Everything’s lyrics referencing her name.
In 2010, Pitbull performed the rap section in the Haiti benefit song “Somos El Mundo”, a Spanish version of “We Are the World”, that included a huge group of Latin artists led by Emilio and Gloria Estefan. He was also a featured guest on “Armada Latina”, the fourth single off the album Rise Up by Latin rap legends, Cypress Hill. The song was produced by Jim Jonsin and also features Marc Anthony. Pitbull then collaborated with Alexandra Burke on the single “All Night Long”. He was also featured on “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love” by Usher.
Pitbull also released his full-length debut Spanish-language album titled Armando on November 2, 2010. Pitbull is also one of the most nominated artists of the upcoming Latin Billboard awards. He garnered 7 nominations for “Latin Rhythm Airplay, Song of the Year” for “Bon, Bon”; “Latin Rhythm Airplay, Artist of the Year, Solo Artist”; “Latin Rhythm Albums, Album of the Year” for Armando; “Latin Rhythm Albums, Artist of the Year, Solo Artist”; “Social 50, Latin Artist of the Year”; “Latin Digital Download of the Year” for “Bon, Bon” and “Hot Latin Song of the Year, Vocal Event” for the song “I Like It” alongside Enrique Iglesias. He also won Telehit’s award for “Most Popular Artist”.
2009–2010: Rebelution and Armando
For his fourth studio album Rebelution, Pitbull released “I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)” through Ultra Records after his former label TVT Records went out of business. “Krazy” peaked at No.30 on the Hot 100 and No.11 on the Hot Rap Tracks charts. “I Know You Want Me” peaked at No.2 on the Hot 100 and peaked within the top ten spots of charts in the UK, Canada, Italy, and the Netherlands. The song reached No.1 in France and the European Hot 100 on the week ending August 29, 2009 according to Billboard magazine. On Dec. 11, 2009, Billboard announced their Year-End Canadian Update, placing “I Know You Want Me” at No.7 on the Hot 100 chart and No.2 on the CHR/Top 40 chart.] He later signed with Polo Grounds Music through Sony Music and created his own label Mr. 305 Inc. Other singles included “Blanco”, featuring Pharrell Williams of The Neptunes, and “Hotel Room Service”, which samples “Push the Feeling On” and which peaked at No.9 on the Hot 100. On their second collaboration since “Go Girl”, Pitbull appeared on the debut single of rapper David Rush (formerly Young Bo$$), “Shooting Star”, also with Kevin Rudolf and LMFAO. An amateur video of Pitbull punching a disruptive audience member at a Colorado concert leaked on the Internet in late May 2009. Pitbull explained to MTV News that it was because the fan kept throwing cash around the stage, and after Pitbull pulled him up to the stage, he threw a stash of money right in Pitbull’s face. He has been tapped by the Miami Dolphins to work alongside T-Pain & Jimmy Buffett to release a new fight song for the Dolphins. The city of Miami granted Pitbull a “Key to the City” honor on August 19.
In January 2006, he guest-starred in UPN’s South Beach. Also in 2006, he recorded “Nuestro Himno” in collaboration with Wyclef Jean, Carlos Ponce, and Olga Tañón.[21] On Listennn… the Album, the debut album by Terror Squad member and Miami radio personality DJ Khaled, Pitbull performed on three singles: “Holla At Me” and “Born-n-Raised” alongside other Southern based rappers.
El Mariel, Pitbull’s second album, was released in October 2006. The title was in reference to the town from which the Cuban refugees came to Florida in the movie Scarface. He dedicated the album to his father, who died that year in May. Along with the usual party-oriented tracks, Pitbull also included politically-themed tracks in El Mariel. The album was released on October 31, 2006, and included singles “Bojangles”, “Ay Chico (Lengua Afuera)”, “Fuego”, and duet with Puerto Rican singer Ken-Y, “Dime (Remix)”. El Mariel topped the Billboard independent albums chart and peaked at No.17 on the Billboard 200 and No.2 on the rap chart.
Pitbull’s third album, titled The Boatlift, was released in November 2007, spawned by the single “Secret Admirer” featuring Lloyd on the chorus. Earlier, Pitbull announced that this album would have a more gangsta rap edge than his earlier albums. Subsequent singles included “Go Girl” featuring Trina, and “The Anthem” featuring and produced Lil Jon, that song sampling the hook from the song “El Africano” by Wilfrido Vargas and the beat from the song “Calabria” by Rune RK. “Go Girl” peaked at No.80 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No.36 on the Hot Rap Tracks chart; “The Anthem” No.36 on the Hot 100 and No.11 on the Hot Rap Tracks.
2006–08: El Mariel and The Boatlift
His variety show, Pitbull’s La Esquina, debuted May 2007 on the mun2 cable network. On December 21, 2007, Pitbull was arrested for drunk driving; he posted $1,000 on bail and pleaded not guilty. He was later acquitted from the charge. Pitbull also appeared on DJ Laz’ “Move Shake Drop” and DJ Felli Fel’s “Feel It”.
2004–05: M.I.A.M.I.
In 2004, Pitbull released his debut album M.I.A.M.I., with the lead single being “Culo” (“Ass” in English) produced by Lil Jon and the Diaz Brothers. It peaked at No.32 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and No.11 on the Hot Rap Tracks chart. Other singles included “Dammit Man”, “Back Up”, “Toma”, and “That’s Nasty” (both featuring Lil Jon). He joined the Anger Management Tour, the 2000 hip-hop concert tour headlined by Eminem and 50 Cent. Pitbull also appeared on the Ying Yang Twins’ single “Shake”, which peaked at No.41 on the Hot 100 and No.12 on the rap chart, and Twista’s “Hit the Floor” (#94 Hot 100, No.20 Rap). Remix album Money Is Still a Major Issue was released in November 2007; it included new track “Everybody Get Up”, a duet with hip-hop/R&B group Pretty Ricky.
TVT Records, Pitbull’s label at the time, and Slip-N-Slide Records disputed over the release of Welcome to the 305, an unreleased album by Slip-N-Slide that Pitbull had recorded in 2001. A Miami judge ruled that Slip-N-Slide had a legal right to release the album as it was recorded when Pitbull was a Slip-N-Slide artist, and prior to him signing with TVT Records. A U.S. District Court judge affirmed the decision further. TVT was then ordered in March 2007 to pay Slip-N-Slide $9.1 million for attempting to block the album’s release to record stores and digital download entities.
2000-2003: Luke Records and TVT Records
In 2001 Pitbull was signed to Luther Campbell’s Luke Records by Jullian Boothe, then the label’s vice-president of A&R. In 2001 Pitbull was introduced to Robert Fernandez of Famous Artist Music & Management, an independent label and management company specialising in developing artists, by the Diaz Brothers, a producer duo signed to the company. Fernandez “saw the eagerness and hunger he had” and, with the Luke Records deal ending, began working to develop Pitbull. Together they focused on creating a more radio-friendly sound. Fernandez later told Hit Quarters: “At that time his music had a lot of verses and took a long time to get into the hook, and so we took time in getting the songs catchier and less on the rap side.” Pitbull recorded between 50 and 70 songs.
Fernandez introduced Pitbull to Lil Jon with a mind to trying to secure the rapper a small guest intro spot on Lil Jon’s upcoming album “Kings of Crunk”. According to Fernandez, Jon took a liking to Pitbull and went one better by offering him his own track on the album called “Pitbulls Cuban Ride Out”, a feature that would help raise the young rapper’s profile.
Armando Christian Pérez (born January 15, 1981), better known by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. His first recorded performance was from the Lil Jon album Kings of Crunk in 2002, after which he released his debut album in 2004 titled M.I.A.M.I. (short for Money Is a Major Issue) under TVT Records. Since then, he has released two other albums under the label, El Mariel in 2006 and The Boatlift in 2007. He then released Rebelution in 2009, which included singles “I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)” and “Krazy”. The latter peaked at No.30 on the Hot 100 and No.11 on the Hot Rap Tracks charts while “I Know You Want Me” peaked at No.2 on the Hot 100 and peaked within the top ten spots of charts in the UK, Canada, Italy, and the Netherlands. The song reached No.1 in France and the European Hot 100 on the week ending August 29, 2009 according to Billboard magazine. He later signed with Polo Grounds Music through Sony Music and created his own label Mr. 305 Inc. Other singles from Rebelution included “Blanco” featuring Pharrell Williams of The Neptunes and “Hotel Room Service”, the latter of which peaked at No.8 on the Hot 100. Rebelution went on to sell over 7.5 million worldwide digital singles and albums combined
Pérez is also the host of his own Spanish-language program on the cable channel Mun2 titled La Esquina (Spanish for The Corner)
In 2005 Pérez and rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs co-founded Bad Boy Latino, a subsidiary of Combs’ Bad Boy Records label. It primarily focuses on Latin Rap, Latin Soul and Tropical music, and has offices in Miami and New York. Along with co-founding it, Pérez currently heads the A&R division of the label.
Popular rhyme found in three Pitbull songs “headlock”
Pérez has become a product endorser, representing alongside Drake, Rihanna, and Trey Songz the “So Kodak” campaign for the Kodak brand and embarking on a partnership with the soda giant Dr Pepper as part of the campaign “Vida 23” for which he recorded the song specifically for it that was also featured on his album Armando
Early life
Pitbull was born to Cuban immigrant parents who made him recite the works of poet José Martí He encountered problems early in his career as a rapper because he was blue-eyed and Cuban American. He was also influenced by the Miami bass genre of hip hop music and has cited Celia Cruz and Willy Chirino as sources of inspiration for his music[ Perez’s parents separated when he was young, and he was raised by his mother. He later spent time with a foster family in Roswell, Georgia. At age 16, his mother kicked him out of their house after he became a drug dealer. He then graduated from Miami Coral Park High School and focused his career in rapping.
Pitbull explained the reason behind choosing his stage name, saying about the dog “they bite to lock. The dog is too stupid to lose. And they’re outlawed in Dade County. They’re basically everything that I am. It’s been a constant fight” After meeting Lil Jon in Miami, Pitbull was featured on Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz’ album Kings of Crunk in 2002. Pitbull’s song “Oye” was featured on the soundtrack to the film 2 Fast 2 Furious the following year. In addition, Pitbull also released several mixtapes, composed of freestyles and remixes of popular rap music. Campbell featured Pitbull in his single “Lollipop.
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Sagia Castaneda | Model
Sagia Castaneda
Cuba American Sagia Castaneda born 1984, 5ft 2in (157cm), began her modeling career with shoots for Lowrider Magazine and Super Streetbike Magazine, after which she appeared as a background dancer in several rap and hip-hop videos.
In 2009 Sagia Castaneda was featured on the Pitbull’s cover of his latest album “Rebelution”.
Cuban American model Sagia Castaneda has a net worth of $500 thousand. Sagia Castaneda acquired that wealth by establishing herself as a model and music video vixen. She is well known for her 2nd role in one of Pitbull’s music videos “I Know You Want Me.”
“Sagia Castaneda began modelling on motorcycles”
Therefore, Sagia Castaneda is now immensely famous and popular, the web is full of photos and apparently her modeling career continues to climb, it is now that she´s more in demand than ever. In fact after “I Know You Want Me” she participated in other Pitbull videos like “Hotel Room Service” Sagia Castaneda has been a success and the some!. Sagia Castaneda also appeared in the movie “Fast and Furious 4″ (Fast and the Furious 4), among many other things.
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Chucho Valdes
Chucho Valdes
Chucho Valdes (real name Jesús Dionisio Valdés in Quivicán, Cuba, October 9, 1941) is a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger. In 1972 he created the group Irakere, one of Cuba’s best-known Latin jazz bands. With pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Valdés is revered as one of Cuba’s greatest jazz pianists. His father is another famed Cuban pianist and former director of Havana’s famous “Tropicana” night club band Bebo Valdés.
Chucho has won 4 Grammy awards: in 1978 for the album Live at Newport by Irakere; in 1998 for his contribution to the CD Havana by his band Crisol (formed in 1997), with two songs Mr. Bruce and Mambo para Roy written by Chucho in 2003 for his album Live at the Village Vanguard; and in 2011 for his album Chucho Steps. Chucho Valdes by his Piano
On 16 October 2006, Chucho Valdes was nominated Goodwill Ambassador of the Food and Agriculture Organization at the United Nations
Renowned the world over as a musical giant, the six and a half foot tall Chucho Valdes physical stature apes his musical accomplishment. The Afro-Cuban musician has been the recipient of five Grammy Award nominations and two Grammys. His fascinating blend of African, South American, Cuban, and Spanish musical traditions seemed to rate a category of music all its own, and was just beginning to garner wide recognition in the United States in the late 1990s. In 1996 Valdes played on Roy Hargrove’s widely acclaimed album Crisol, and numerous U.S. concert dates and a North American record contract followed.
Musicians in Cuba were not officially permitted to perform in the United States until 1988. Most Cuban musicians, including Valdes’s father, overcame that obstacle by defecting. But Valdes, who remained in his own country, was loved not only for his musical genius, but also for the fact that unlike so many musicians, he chose to continue living in Havana, claiming it as his permanent home. Despite the fact that the Cuban government has presented Valdés’s success as one of its own, many Cuban people viewed Valdés as “one of them,” and therefore, his success as their own.
Video Chucho Valdes playing piano
Chucho Valdes is by far one of Cuba`s most famous musicians
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Paulito FG | Paulo FG y La Banda
Paulito FG
Known as a great musician, an all round artist who has build up his career with profound intelligence, incontestable amount of talent and artistic devotion in each performance.
Paulo Alfonso Fernandez Gallo, was born in HavanaCuba, at the age of 19, Paulito FG started clarinet classes in the conservatorium Ignacio Cervantes. The exceptional sound of his voice impressed those around him and won him a reference to Benny More music records producers, beginning, thus, his career as a professional singer. He participated in 1986 with Adalberto Alvarez y su Son in the Varadero International Festival. 2 years later, he was already the lead singer of the group Dan Den, (lead by Juan Carlos Alfonso) where two of his themes “El Humo o la Vida” and “Siempre hay un Ojo que te Ve” shot him to stardom. He released in 1991,with Opus 13 (under maestro Joaquin Betancourt) a first album containing mostly songs written by him. A year after, he went on a highly praised Mexico Tour and at his return created his own group called Paulito FG y su Élite which debuted on april 19 at Neptuno Hotel, La Habana The new 1993 band’s first album “Tu no Me Calculas” is released in Havana and Tokio at the same time, resulting in a smashing success.
He signed a deal with Magic Music record company In 1994 based in Barcelona and records his second album “Sofocándote” which remained lodged at the top of the national charts for a record 22 consecutive weeks. Paulito FG s third album ” El bueno soy yo ” received unparalleled success, which won him an EGREM Awards as Best Dance Music and Popular categories of the year. He released his fourth album with Fania Records In 1997, ” Con la Conciencia Tranquila “. again, many of his songs remain atop the Cuban and international charts. The next year, he released an homage album dedicated to Puerto Rican salsero Tito Puente where he includes boleros and guarachas from the 60′s. Another greatly acclaimed album is released 2000, the disc ” Una Vez Mas por Amor “. The seventh album ” Te deseo Suerte “, an overwhelming success both nationally and internationally, was released in 2002. Paulito FG since 1992 has been taking his music to worldwide stages of 20 countries with chart-topping songs in New York, Miami and Bogota, reported by Latin Beat magazine. The songs have been performed by important salsa stars such as, Jhonny Rivera and Isidro Infante. In Cuba, based on public polls, Paulito remained the most popular singer from 1992 until to today. Now, his mature work can be illustrious by well-studied melodic lines, unconventional rhythmic passages, a restrained rock energy, and lyrics that are faithful chronicles of our times, yet refuse to yield to simplistic formulas or vulgarity. Paulito FG conveys the articulateness of Cuba´s streets, the lively popular poetry, and reality. His victorious fusion of music genres such as rock, balada, jazz and son amounts to a great blend of original lyrics. Paulito FG he’s a music artist, to his public, the most well-liked of current times and to him, an unalterable movie fan and a Jazz loyal fan. Above all things, Paulo is highly respectful of his public and an unconditional music lover”.
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Sissi | Isabel Fleitas
Sissi Isabel Fleitas
Cuban model, columnist and TV hostess Sissi Isabel Fleitas was born on October 13th, 1975 in Havana, Cuba, but she is better known as Sissi. Sissi Isabel Fleitas started modeling at the age of four, and started her TV career at the age of fifteen.
If you ever watched Univision’s Sabado Gigante with Don Francisco, you already know who Sissi Isabel Fleitas is.
She started her professional career in her native Cuba when she was only 4 years old. At 15 she started her television career in the TV show Sabado Conmigo for the TV station Cubavision.
In 1998 Sissi Isabel Fleitas joined Univision, the most important Hispanic television channel in the United States opened its doors to her in the show Sabado Gigante. For more than 8 years Sissi Isabel Fleitas showed her beauty and versatility have been admired in more than 100 million households each Saturday, sharing the stage with Don Francisco presenting dozens of television specials making her an international celebrity.
In 2005, after 8 successful years working with Don Francisco, Sissi Isabel Fleitas shows a new side to her launching a musical production. From 2006 to 2007, Sissi Isabel Fleitas presents “Challenge 20-06, The Great Adventure”, a reality show produced by Caracol Television USA and Latin America with a budget of 5 million dollars. After the success of this production she signs a contract with Television Española to do the Gong Show (2007), an international television broadcast aired in prime time for TVE International, keeping her in her mother country for more than a year.
Among the grand events that have been hosted by Sissi Isabel Fleitas are: The Fox Awards, The Acapulco Festival (Televisa), The Viña Sea Festival (Channel 13 Chile-Univision). At the same time, Sissi Isabel Fleitas has also hosted tele-marathons such as the ones done in Panama, Honduras, Chile, El Salvador and Ecuador.
Fact: Sissi Isabel Fleitas was voted one of the 50 most beautiful “People en Espanol” in 2000
With thousands of hours of air time in a wide number of diverse shows and formats, Sissi Isabel Fleitas is among the most recognized faces in the world of Hispanic entertainment. She has appeared in numerous magazines such as Maxim en español, People en español, Glamour, and Shape. People magazine selected her as one of the most beautiful Hispanic women in the world, and her calendar was a bestseller in the U.S. Sissi Isabel Fleitas is also recognized as one of the few Hispanic women whose name appears among the largest retail chains in the U.S. such as Wal-Mart, CVS and Walgreens, establishing herself as a focal figure in numerous retail product lines, among them Sissi Latin Beauty and Sissy Hair Accessories all products endorsed by Sissi Isabel Fleitas
Cuban-born model, Sissi Isabel Fleitas replaced co-host Lili Estefan upon her departure from “Sabado Gigante”. Well-known for her, tall Nordic looks, Sissi Isabel Fleitas has gained fame as one of the hostesses on the long running variety show. In addition, she has a best-selling calendar that has sold more than 500,000 in the past two years.
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