Pitbull

Armando Christian Pérez (born January 15, 1981), known by his stage name Pitbull, is an Cuban-American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer. Initially beginning in the reggaeton and latin hip-hop scene, he eventually rebranded himself as a pop artist. As of 2020, Pitbull's music has sold over 100 million records worldwide, as well as number #1 singles in 15 different countries and has a song in the list of Most watched videos in the first 24 hours in Youtube.

Pitbull is memetically known as "that latin singer everybody has a collaboration with", given how much he appears as invited rapper for other artists or how many times he invites other singers to his songs.

Discography:

• M.I.A.M.I. (2004)
• Money is Still a Major Issue (2005)
• El Mariel (2006)
• The Boatlift (2007)
• Pitbull Starring in Rebelution (2009)
• Armando (2010)
• Planet Pit (2011)
• Global Warming (2012)
• Globalization (2014)
• Dale (2015)
• Climate Change (2017)
• Libertad 548 (2019)

Pitbull provides examples of the following tropes:

• Badass in a Nice Suit: Extremely fond of suits
• Catch Phrase: WHOOOOOOOWEEE!.
  • Dale! ("Let's go" in Spanish), to the point of Verbal Tic.
  • He calls himself "Mr. Worldwide", and tends to introduce himself as such he is the invited singer
• Cool Shades: He rarely appears without these. Just see the pic above
• Dream Team: Pitbull has collaborated with, among others, Lil Jon, Jennifer Lopez, Shakira, Enrique Iglesias, Daddy Yankee, Christina Aguilera, Ke$ha, Ne-Yo, Chris Brown, and Marc Antony (the singer, not the Roman senator), among dozens others.
• Fun with Acronyms: The title of his debut album M.I.A.M.I. stands for "Money is a Major Issue"
• Gratuitous Spanish: Being Cuban-American, this is a given.
• In Da Club: A good part of his output is about this.
• Money, Dear Boy/Only in It For the Money: Pitbull has been very clear, both in his songs and on interviews, that he values making money over all things.
• Stuffy Old Songs About the Buttocks: "Culo"
• Verbal Tic: He can't sing a song without one "dale" each 15 seconds or so.
• A Wild Rapper Appears: His role in every song he is invited to.
• Wolverine Publicity: The main reason he is so known and popular is because he has collaborated with an staggering amount of other artists.