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
People, stop wondering if Pitbull is white or not. Pitbull is white and we shouldn’t be wasting our time figuring out if he is white or not. Its like if we start arguing about Catherine Zeta Jones if she is white or not, when she is 100 percent welsh and 100 percent white the only difference is that she is of dark complexion but that dosent make her of another race. This should stop between us because we dont see Asians or Blacks arguins about who is more Darker or who is more asian looking. Spaiards, Italiand Greeks French they are all white some happen to be darker white but some can be really pale. That is the Case of Pitbull whose ancestors are from Spain and they ar probably those who carry celtic blood Spaniards.
ABOUT A LATINO/HISPANIC THAT IS LIGHT SKINNED OR “WHITE”, THEY WOULDN’T REALLY CONSIDER THEMSELVES AS A “WHITE PERSON”, JUST LIKE A LIGHT SKINNED ASIAN WOULDN’T CONSIDER THEMSELVES AS BEING A “WHITE”.
EVEN THOUGH LATINOS HAVE SOME EUROPEAN ANCESTRY, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SEPARATE CULTURE, SEPARATE FROM THE “WHITE PEOPLE” (ANGLO-SAXON) AND SO ON.
Are you Hispanic? Plenty of Latinos identify with their race. Just because people are culturally different doesn’t make them less of one race than others. BTW this might come as a shocker, but there is no “white” culture.
Another thing, if a Hispanic doesn’t want to identify with their race in the US, it’s probably because White Americans have a racist and narrow perception/idea of what a Hispanic person should look like (ie: usually brown) that if a white Hispanic were to call themselves white they would probably get laughed at.
IDK why you brought in Asians because it’s a completely different situation, and Asians have their own issues with race that you are probably unaware of.
Why do you think you can stereotype “White Americans” as racist and/or narrow-minded? That IS a racist and narrow-minded statement. Think before leaving a comment next time; try using intelligence rather than ignorance.
man i love cuban music
you guys are stupid, latino/hispanic is a nationality and culture
finally someone who gets what i’m saying, i’ve been saying that for so long cause people just don’t get it.
latino/hispanic is not a nationality.
nationalities are countries. for example a person living in mexico, their nationality would be mexican their culture would be latino/hispanic
Their culture would be Mexican as Latinos/Hispanics don’t share the same cultures. Their ethnicity would be Hispanic (at least in the US. IDK if anyone outside of the US uses that term).
Pitbull is white Period. Even though his heritage is Cuban his Background is Spaniard and Spaniards are white. That is why he is pale skin and has blue eyes. Cuban people are either white or black.
To Raul
There are many types of Cubans(white,black,mixed,chinese etc).Also pale skin and blue eyes don’t mean you don’t have something else in your recent bloodline.The same for those Spaniards you people keep saying are white.All types of people have been in and out of spain in the last hundred years,doing their thing.Just because someone looks complete white on the outside doesn’t mean jack
I’m just asking do you think italiens are white and if not what are they?