Pitbull
Pitbull in 2010, Helga Esteb / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Armando Christian Pérez
Place of Birth: Miami, Florida, U.S.
Date of Birth: January 15, 1981
Ethnicity: Cuban [Spanish, possibly other]
Pitbull is an American rapper, performer, brand ambassador, entrepreneur, actor, and philanthropist. He is also known as Mr. 305 and Mr. Worldwide.
He was born in Miami, Florida, the son of Alysha Ángela Acosta and José Antonio Armando Pérez Estades. He has six children.
His parents were born in Cuba. His parents instilled Cuban culture in him by making him memorize the words of Cuban poet José Martí. Pitbull has stated that being “white with blue eyes” made his journey into the rap music industry a little difficult as he did not fit the typical mold for a rapper.
Pitbull’s primary genre is Latin Rap and Reggaeton with some Miami Bass flavor. He has a penchant for dropping verses in Spanish.
Pitbull’s paternal grandfather was José Antonio Cecilio Pérez Cruz (the son of Juan Pérez Quintero and Asunción Cruz Cruz). Pitbull’s grandfather José was born in Quiebra Hacha, La Habana, now part of Artemisa.
Pitbull’s paternal grandmother was Teresa María Candelaria Estades Torres (the daughter of Matías Estades Sánchez and Mariana Torres Morea). Teresa was born in Mariel, La Habana. Matías was the son of Francisco Estades y Rosales and Adelina Sánchez Bocalandro. Mariana was the daughter of José Torres y Morera and Francisca Morea y Morales.
Pitbull’s maternal grandfather was Juan Antonio Reyes Acosta (the son of José Reyes and Juana Acosta Colomar). Pitbull’s grandfather Juan was born in Niquero, Granma.
Pitbull’s maternal grandmother is named Ana Alicia Dennis Figueredo (the daughter of parents surnamed Dennis and Figueredo). Alicia was born in Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba.
Sources: http://www.miaminewtimes.com
Genealogy of Pitbull – https://www.geni.com
hes not Spanish hes Cuban. Even if he originates from Spain that was ages ago and i think they’d rather be called Cuban or Mexican or wherever they are actually from than Spanish because they are not Spanish any more. And they might not be Spanish there were lots of other people from Europe coming into South American like Italians and Germans and there are many Chinese and Japanese too.
There were plenty of immigrants from different European countries that settled into Cuban, not just Spaniards. Pitbull clearly possesses strong European features, where ever he got them from. Whether he is 100% pure white or has a hint of something else in his distant past is irrelevant. There are plenty of African Americans with some European or Native American ancestry that call themselves “black” and no one seems to question that.
Into Cuba*
pitbull’s cuban. 100%.
that being said, cubans come from a spectrum of colors and ethnic mixes. there’s black (african), there’s white (spanish), there’s chino (chinese), and there’s mulattos (mixtures of any two or more of the above). some people look all white and might have some african or chinese in them, in small droplets. same the other way around. no matter what, though, everybody’s just cuban! and pitbull? he’s probably straight up spanish-heritage (white) cuban. but, again, he’s just cuban!!
In Cuba, people are described by their physical characteristics. U can have siblings of the same parents and one can be “blanco”, another “mulato claro”, y otro “negrito” – that’s the case with mixed people every where. I have two mulatos claritos (very fair mulatos) and one little chocolate angel that reached back to my grandmother…
In other words, what a Cuban calls themselves does not necessarily reflect their background.
no i dont how dare you talk about me like that
yes you do i saw you yesterday thru the mirror so haaaaaaaaaaaaaa
well shut upp ooh i likethis song……….. i got a hangover…. i been drinkin to much fo sho…. i gotta keeeeeeeep keep keep it goin keep keep it goin come on!! lol that is a good song!
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i’m reporting you jerk
oh yeah? i bet you cant figger out how
oh crap your rite. ummmmm……. will someone reply how to report the jerk listed above….
i dont play mario with “cordy” either…. i said that but not clearly
yeah you didnt say it cleerly cuz u r a stoopid idiet so hhahah