Ivan Apfel/Getty Images The Indicator from Planet Money How Pitbull got his name on a college football stadium September 5, 2024 • Recently, singer/rapper/entrepreneur Pitbull agreed to pay $6 million to Florida International University for the naming rights to its football stadium ... an unusual move for both parties: a musician paying for their name on a stadium, and for a college to name their stadium after a musician. How Pitbull got his name on a college football stadium Listen · 9:16 9:16 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1197972461/1258318401" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Music Interviews A Day In The Life Of Pitbull October 11, 2019 • Armando Christian Pérez —better known as Pitbull— is a rapper, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, brand ambassador and has a whole host of other job titles. As his nearly two-decade long career has diversified, his image and brand have solidified. He rose to prominence off bilingual records hits like "Culo" and "Toma" in the early aughts and became a household name thanks to wedding and quinceañera classics like "Give Me Everything" and "Time of Our Lives." Today, the Latino demographic that helped catapult Pitbull to the top music charts is facing greater open discrimination than at any other point during Pitbull's career. During a day with Pitbull, the Cuban-American entertainer opens up about his thoughts on President Trump, the state of immigration, why he won't stop making music with Chris Brown, and how country music is not just for white folks. A Day In The Life Of Pitbull Listen · 36:56 36:56 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/769109276/769117540" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Pitbull and Enrique Iglesias perform outside of Miami in Rosemont, Illinois in 2015. Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images Alt.Latino Enrique Iglesias And Pitbull Want You To 'Move To Miami' (You Better Hurry Up, Then) May 3, 2018 • The Spanish crooner and Mr. 305 dropped a bop so catchy it'll make you move to perhaps the most hubristic and infrastructurally imperiled city there is.
