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
He’s cuban y u care so much!!!! ive seen spaniards with dark swarthy skin, and as well with light colored eyes… look at antono banderas and pnelope cruz… enrique iglesias… oh and other europeans settled there as well not just spanish… so some french as well
Enrique Iglesias is half Filipino.
thats just retarded all u people trying to determin his race… he’s latin… cuban is a race.. why u getting all technical, spanish (spain) native or afro- well we can get technical too if ur from spain ur mixed with moors celts romans… were all mixed down the line… im portuguese and alot of portuguese are dark n get mistaken for mexican as well for indian
Cuban is not a race but a nationality.
cuban is not a race it’s a nationality, a person who is cuban is a person from cuba or has ancestry from cuba that could be a white, black, asian, brown or native person. You saying that being cuban is a race is like saying being Canadian or American is a race.
This page needs some serious correction. There is no such thing as a “european cuban” not from europe at all. He is just a 100% light skin cuban.
Actually there is. Cubans are descendant primarily of Europeans(mostly Spaniards) or Africans. We didn’t just pop out of the Cuban soil! Native Indians originally inhabited the island. Most of them were killed off when the Europeans colonized and Africans were brought to replace the native labor. So basically anyone born in Cuba is Cuban whether you’re racially european, african, chinese, or anything else. Most of us are some combination of all of the different people that have come to the island over the last 600 years and that’s beautiful.
vivan los cubanos
Well Spanish people are White Europeans..and since pitbull is a Cuban of Spanish ancestry he must be white. Latino is Not a race. Its a cultural heritage. People are so narrow minded about Hispanic (spanish speaking) people. Spanish speaking people come in many ethnicities.