Too latin for hiphop and too hiphop for latin. Till yall figure it out, imma keep rappin. And soon he applied the same hustler mentality he learned on the streets to business. Pitbulls such a household name that it if you Google Pitbull, i come up before the dog. both laugh turns out his inspiration wasnt a big celebrity. It was someone who wasnt as lucky. Eddie was somebody, that for one, believed in me, but more than anything, loved me and. He. Way more than a musician, pitbull is an ambassador for latinos across the globe. Thats the story of my life. Always a stereotype, giving me a chance to prove people wrong. Pitbull, the man who scratched and clawed his way out of the ghetto to the top of the world. Armando, its so good to see you how you doing, buddy . You good . Oh, my gosh so good to see you again. Everything good. Thank god. I am honored to do the show with you. Im fascinated that you have come from i would say, from the streets to where you are today. And its just the rise is incredible. Thank you. So, i wanna trace your life using objects that you kept over the years. Im looking forward to it. Lets do it. Lets do it. Lets do it. So, first tell us where we are. Pitbull this right here is slam, a charter school. Harvey you founded a school for poor kids. Yeah, its ironic coming from somebody that didnt graduate high school, but i was very well educated by my mother. So, i understood what it was to mold a young mind. Whats that . This right here this is jose marti, which is the most famous cuban poet. Okay . And my father, what he would do is he would take me to the bars that are like restaurants, and put me on top of the bar, i was about maybe four, five years old, and hed make me recite the poems to everybody there. And thats the first time that i figured out how to powerful words really are. I gotta tell ya, after reading about your life. Mmhmm. I find it remarkable, not only that youre successful, but that youre alive. Im a hustler. So, i hustled my way through those certain situations that were going on in life. Tell me about the situations that were going on. Well, i mean, youre grown up in a city that was the cocaine capital. So, i saw my first entrepreneurship as a four, fiveyearold when i seen people that had absolutely nothing get everything through a product. The product youre talking about is drugs. The product im talking about is cocaine. Yeah. You know, i grew up around cocaine, crack, heroin. Harvey your dad got heavily involved in cocaine. Mmhmm. . And cocaine selling. Pitbull my mom got involved in it, too. You know, my mom i didnt know your mom got involved. Yeah, i mean, man, at a time cocaines an ugly drug. And everybody was getting addicted in the 80s. In the late 70s, early 80s, and then it turned into crack. Were they both using . Yeah, they both used. And i was even when i was born i was breastfed cocaine. I had to get rushed to the hospital and see if i was gonna make it. So, yeah, it was thats it was an epidemic, thats what it was. Your mom and dad divorced when you were very small. Yeah. I think four years old . I think even younger than that, if im not mistaken. About two or three, yeah. So, your mom really struggled. Yes. And you were poor. Yes. Did you understand you were poor . No. I go back, its my normal. I did understand to appreciate. I did understand to help. Anything that i could do. I was my mothers apprentice. So, if she sold cable, im selling cable with her. She sold water, im with her. She sold amway, im with her. If shes a manager at a burger king, im with her. When she clean houses, i clean houses with her. Which taught me hustle, taught me approach, taught me how to be very, very social. And, more than anything, taught me that no problems, just solutions. One way or another, its always gonna work out. You woke up breathing, right . Youre all right. And thats where we came up with every day above ground is a great day. Your mom kicked you out of the house for selling drugs. Yeah. She was ahead of the curve. She said, dont you dare sell cocaine. So, one day i get to the apartment, and she knows the difference in baggies. You know, and paraphernalia. And she finds one, she goes, now this and there was nothing in it. That one was already done. bleep now this does not look like marijuana. Get your bleep , get out of my house. And she threw you out. Oh, like that. In an instant. Harvey how old were you . Pitbull that was. 16. Harvey did you get in trouble with the law as a kid . Pitbull yeah. Mmhmm. harvey go to jail . Theres things that i couldve got caught doing that wouldve gave me anywhere from 10 to 25 years. Didnt get caught doing those things. The things i got caught for stupidity, which i thank god for. But involving drugs . Involving drugs, yeah. You gotta understand, most of the people that ive grown up around, they get celebrated more coming out of jail than they do graduating college. Think about that. Thats breathtaking. When someone comes home, its a celebration, like, oh, who just jumped out . We gotta go check him out. We gotta make sure hes straight. They give you money. They take care of you. While youre in, they take care of your family. And while people try to go to university, colleges, and they come back, oh, you know, such and such just graduated from harvard. Who cares . Crazy. Isnt it . Crazy. See, that was that was my circle. Thats all i knew. If you had a comfortable, noncriminal upbringing, do you think youd be as successful as you are today . No way. No way, shape, or form. The university of life, the streets, what it gives you is an intuition. The same way that a woman has intuition, thats what the streets give you. It allows you to read a room the minute you get in it. It allows you to know, at least for me, who to do business with, not to do business with. I invest in people. Love to build things with people that you love to be around and learn from. The streets gave me that. So this is the broadcast studio at slam. Thats right. Pretty cool. Pitbull unbelievable, isnt it . Imagine going to school and youre able to do this right here. Harvey thats amazing. Yeah. So lets talk about the book. Yeah, this is a book. This was a present from somebody thats very special in my life, and also somebody thats always believed in me. So she gave me this book to write records in. Why this book is so special to me out of all of them that ive written in because this was my book that started my journey to independence. Not dealing with a label anymore. I love it. I love it. Theres nothing like being able to control your own destiny. Harvey you wrote songs in this. so i wrote records on this. This one we wrote climate change, and we wrote globalization on this book right here. When did you get interested in music . I got interested in music. Always loved music. You grew up around music. People when they were cleaning the house, always music on. Its just a part of our dna, part of our culture and a sense of hope. Anything can be going bad, you throw on the right song, its like, for me, my Favorite Song is earth, wind fires september. You throw that on and we are jamming. You know . Thats when i fell in love, i mean, deeply in love and obsessed with music. My mom would always tell me, the pen is mightier than the sword. She would always say, be careful what you write. It wasnt necessarily that you got embraced immediately. Not at all. You were selling mix tapes on street corners. Well, selling mix tapes, barbershop, street corners, go through there trying to sell mix tapes at 5 a pop. And, you know, with a trash bag. And they be like, man, i aint trying to hear that . Right . So i said, tell you what. Imma give it to you for free. If you like it and you come back next week, then have your dogs buy four or five of them. He said, all right. I respect that. So i went to this high School Called coral park. We would do this thing called freestyling, battling. So whoever was the best at rappin, theyd put in to battle each other. I got them industry bleep running home for their stash and i aint talking bout their coke and cash im talkin bout what they vote last know if they spit with pit, round for round they wont last. Well, it got to the point, harvey, that i was battling four guys at a time against me. So i wrap against this guy. So, example, if im battling you right now. Im not doing it, man. No, i get you, but if i rap against you and i see you. I see you with a green jacket i dont know what you packin me, youre more like a blaster i should wear that green jacket cause i just won the masters you feel me . Thats what you would do, freestyling. So i would do four of them and then they all hit back at me. Thanks for trashing my jacket. No, im not trashing it. Youre a masters, man. Its not a masters jacket. Yeah yeah, it is. This teach named hope martinez changed my life. She said, i have this opportunity for you to be an extra in a dmx video shoot. Man, i was so happy because dmx was the hottest thing in the game. Stop, drop shut em down, open up shop oh, no thats how ruff ryders roll. Sure enough, i go to the video shoot. And my friend, allen, instigator, we dont see none of your new york boys down here in miami, and i got a chico right now thatll outrap anybody. Bring em. Dmx. Hell outrap dmx. So it started to get a little heated. And one of the producers stepped in and said, you know, look, man, check this out. Im not gonna give you x cause x is gonna rip him apart. But ill tell you what. We got thisupandcoming ruff ryder named dragon. Ill give you him. Lets do it. But first time im like, what the bleep did i just get myself into . So dragon comes up. Boom, we start going at it. Three rounds go by. Four rounds go by. Five rounds go by. Six rounds go by. Its about eight rounds. And back then, if you werent spittin off the top, and you made somebody go to their written, that means you won that battle. Well, drag went to his written. I was like, oh, man, we got him. And that carried through the streets of miami. The source wrote about it. A guy named Julian Boothe read about it, got me to the studio to meet luther campbell, and that was my first record deal. You are light skinned, blue eyes. Yeah. Was that a problem . Light skinned, blue eyes, cuban, from miami. Too latin for hiphop and too hiphop for latin till yall figure it out, imma keep rappin. There arent any latins in here but i still gotta represent my roots i gotta represent my roots, man. To me it was always a blessing to be able to walk in a room and people think, theres no way this guy is gonna bring it, and then be able to bring it, not only be able to bring it, flow wise, business wise, and also bring it where the word as a wordsmith. Howd you get the name pitbull . Pitbull came about i had a very, very good friend named junior, dominican guy i have a love for him and his family, took care of me also. And one day we on our way to watch a pit bull fight, junior turns to me and he goes, thats your name. Pitbull. And when i thought about it, the dog is too stupid to lose and is one of the most loyal, smart dogs breeds, no . That everybody stereotypes as something bad but really was great. So crazy thing is, thats the story of my life. Always a stereotype, a misconception, and always giving me a chance to prove people wrong. I love it. You said, the masses are asses. Its the stupid bleep that sells. All day, all day. Im just telling you the truth. That is very cynical. When i say masses are asses, they know exactly what im talking about. When i say keep it simple, stupid, kiss, its a rule, keep it simple, stupid. When i say keep it simple, stupid, kiss, its a rule, this is the epson no more buying cartridges. Big ink tanks. Lots of ink. Print about. 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This is hope at its finest. This is why music has been so special to me, my life has been so special to me, to be able to do this, which is, bottom line, let them know that they can do it. And they can see the skyline of success. Success and hope, man. Just like anything. You can do it, man. You can do it. Whats this . Someone very special gave me this speaker. I was at a party and i always had this laptop that i would hook up to. It just had a playlist, 20 speaker that was round, and this kid was break dancing at the party, and when hes breakdancing, he does a windmill, and he knocks over the laptop and breaks it right there, and he feels so bad. So as a present, somebody bought me this speaker. So now you have a speaker with you everywhere. This speakers doing me about 12 years now, same speaker. Its been everywhere. Do you use it . This speakers been a dealmaker. I cut deals with shakira on the speaker. I record in different closets, hotels, wherever i can set up a mike is where i record at. So give me everything, on the floor, rain over me, i like it with enrique, dont stop the party, timber, feel this moment, all of it came from here. You are so incredibly successful in rap, and you changed up music a million times. You didnt stick with one thing. You bounced around and did dance music, did all sorts of things. Swing your partner round and round end of the night, its going down one more shot, another round end of the night its going down. Harvey a lot of people are scared to change sometime if its working. And it was working for you and you kept changing. Pitbull yeah, i love to challenge myself. I like to think out the box. Im not afraid to take a risk. The biggest risk you take is not taking one. Harvey you are so accomplished as an artist. Yet you say what you do is 10 artistry and 90 business. All day. Doesnt that diminish the the credit that you deserve . As somebody whos recorded monstrous hits over a period of years . Pitbull no, it keeps me on my toes, keeps me humble. The minute you think you are who you think you are, youre bleep . Its over. At the end of the day, the music is a product. Same thing as the dope game. Only thing im giving you youre not snorting with your nose. Youre snorting with your ear. I gotta give you a good product. Its gotta be raw, uncut. Im not here to be the best rapper. Im not here to be the most talented, but ill outwork you. That i will do. And thats why, anybody ask me, damn, youre lucky, chico. I say, man, you know whats funny . The harder i work, the luckier i get. So for me and ill always say about the music business, too, ive used it in a rhyme that says, im a part of the music business. Half of these people dont know music and dont know business. Have no business in music, what is this . I just love that. Yeah. That is. The truth. Why did you decide to be mr. 305 when you had a world stage . Well, this is what happened. Mr. 305 came from trick daddy. Trick daddys a big artist that came out of miami, opened a lot of doors for us. And one day i was recording with him, and we figured out that we lived in a lot of the same neighborhoods. And when i told him the different spots i lived, hes like, man, youre like mr. 305. I said. Trick, you know im snatching that trick. From 305 to mr. Worldwide. I said, whoa, now thats got a ring to it. Went from mr. 305 dade county to mr. Worldwide all around the world harvey after you do mr. Worldwide, where do you go . I dont know. You hitch a ride with elon musk. Ah, there you go. Harvey lil jon gave you some interesting advice make music for women. Oh, yeah. What does that mean . Women are the most powerful things in the world. They are the trendsetters, the taste makers, and you do everything for a woman. Bottom line. Why do people get the nice cars . They want a beautiful woman. Why do they most of the rappers wear chains . Not necessarily cause its cool. Because some women are into that. It shows you got money, and if thats the kind of woman that you get, well, guess what. Youre gonna attract that kind of woman. The first one that really said that was tupac. Pac was a genius mind, unbelievably sharp, but he knew i had to cater to the women. The women love me, everybody love me because when youre in a car and youre listening to something, and the woman love it, youre gonna wanna play that song for her. You get me . So the guys just come along for the ride oh, we always just come along for the ride, man. We all know it. Come on, guys. You gotta know that. Thats why i say ive been very blessed to be raised by women and a woman made me a man cause not only i got the streets intuition, but i got a womans intuition. Now, thats dangerous. You said the masses are asses. Its the stupid bleep that sells. All day. All day. Im just telling you the truth. That is very cynical. Its the truth. They taught you that in radio. When you go to give them a record, theyre gonna say, remember, the masses are asses. cause if you come with something too complicated, theyre not gonna wanna listen to that. Keep it simple, stupid. You got the verse, got the hook, got the verse, got the breakdown, got the hook. Thats why its called a hook, cause im here to hook you. And mind you, i only got six seconds to hook you. One, two, three, four, five, six. If not, youre changing the radio. Is pitbull now a product . Oh, by far. I mean, pitbulls such a household name that if you Google Pitbull or youtube pitbull, i come up before the dog. Is that true . Crazy, aint it . Yet another gym . This is the second gym. This is what we call slam junior. Slam junior . Yeah, this is slam junior. We built it right next to the other school right there. So this becomes our gateway to success cause we put a bridge in the middle. So its the gateway to success through little havana. What the hell are are these all yours . You just asked me, how is it you took from mr. 305 to mr. Worldwide . Four passports that i use to travel all around the world. And like i always tell people, im not religious. I believe in god. Never read the bible, but my passport look like one. No kid have you pretty much hit every country . Ive pretty much been all around the world. Okay, i wanna talk about pitbull the brand. Yes, sir. How about we mention a couple of them. reading if you wanna be a marquis brand, you gotta deal with marquis brains. Learned a whole lot throughout the journey, but now, more than anything, its all about ownership, True Partnership and ownership. What happened to music . Well, music is always the driving force. Thats the bread and butter. Thats what keeps you relevant. Harvey so musics the engine. yeah. And youve got a long train behind that engine. It sure is and what i love about the music business now, its changing so much, its creating a lot of opportunities for True Partnership and true ownership. Music drives a lot of the endorsements. Do endorsements help music . Yes, they do. When you partner up with the right brand, you know, ill give you an example. With bud light, that helped break a record called dont stop the party. Manos parriba broke through a pepsi deal that we did down in latin america, which record ended up winning a grammy. And i always say, by the way, grammys are great, but what are they, really . My kids cant eat grammys. You know what im saying . I just say it so you guys understand what level that record went to. Is pitbull now a product . Oh, by far. I mean, pitbulls such a household name that if you Google Pitbull or youtube pitbull, i come up before the dog. Is that true . Crazy, aint it . That is true. Yeah, look it up. So its a product. Its a product, my friend. Is the secret weapon that you are tapping into the latin market . I know youre bigger than the latin market, but the latin market is enormous. I think thats the part where people, i think, have the misconception about the latin market. For one, i dont in any way, shape, or form try to categorize myself. Thats why i said to you earlier, too latin for hiphop and too hiphop for latins. Okay . I speak to the world. I make global music. I just happen to be cuban american. I happen to be latin. Why are you so inspired by Colonel Sanders . Man, thats a tony robbins story. My mom put me on tony robbins in fifth grade and he had this one story about the Colonel Sanders and him trying to sell the Kentucky Fried Chicken recipe. Now i know the exact number. It was 1,007 times, but i always rounded it off to a thousand. Can you imagine 1,007 nos . You going to somewhere, no, no, no i could be for another 30 minutes before we get to 1,007 nos. And it just clicked in my mind. Wow, no is really yes. Unbelievable. You just gotta keep going, gotta keep fighting. So you start to become a fan of no. How important is money to you . Money is my mom taught me at a young age money is a passport, allows you to come and go but does not make you. So money for me, when i was a little kid, since i didnt have stability, i didnt have security, i didnt have protection, thats all. It helps secure, stabilize my life, and protect, and allows me to build generations. But moneys ugly. And, for me, ive seen what money does to people, especially when theyre famous. Its like throwing gasoline on the fire. And let me tell you, if you were an bleep broke, youre gonna be an bleep millionaire, bleep billionaire. Bottom line. Harvey you have pitbulls life plans. Pitbull so its. Harvey what is off the grid . Im trying to teach people to be human again. Get off the grid. Youre so connected, youre disconnected. Cars get smarter, phones get smarter, tvs get smarter, we get dumber. You get lazy. Im watching a generation thats coming up like zombies. They dont even look up no more. People walk around like this. So if anybody wants to invest in a business, yall should become chiropractors. cause everybodys gonna be like this in the future. Hey, whats up, man . And the worst thing is that a lot of this technology is being used heres my favorite part. Oh, were changing the world with technology. Okay, great. Are you . Thats the question. Use technology. Dont let it use you. Somebody whos very, very special to me, rolls with me everywhere. Literally rolls with me everywhere cause hes up top now. And his name is eddie. So eddie was somebody that, for one, believed in me, but more than anything, loved me and. What happened to him . He. Wean air force veteran made of doing whats right,. Not whats easy. So when a hailstorm hit, usaa reached out before he could even inspect the damage. Thats how you do it right. Usaa insurance is made just the way martins family needs it with hasslefree claims, he got paid before his neighbor even got started. Because doing right by our members, thats whats right. Usaa. What youre made of, were made for. Usaa problems. Nobody likes problems. But why is that . At ibm, problems actually inspire us, to fix things, to change things, to push the world forward. Which is why so many people who dare to take on problems work with ibm. Somebody whos very, very special to me, rolls with me everywhere. Literally rolls with me everywhere cause hes up top now. And his name is eddie. He goes right there. And i always have him with me, and he always used to tell me, never be a waste of talent. I keep that in my wallet everywhere i go. Harvey tell me what eddie did for you. So eddie was somebody that, for one, believed in me, but more than anything, loved me and. He. How can i put it . He took me out of the streets. He when i go back, loved me, and was like a father figure to me. You know . So, for me, you can see, i miss him. But, like i say, hes always with me. What happened to him . I mean, it was his time to go. He got struck by lightning. Crazy enough, but you know. Wow. God is so big. His daughter was riding with him they were on a four wheeler in the everglades. He met in the middle of a field, and the tallest thing in the field was him on the banshee, and, you know, thank god his daughter flew off of him. He was dead instantly. But eddie was just a good guy, man. He wanted the best for everybody, always give you the shirt off his back, that kind of person. And i was very, very blessed to be able to have him as a mentor, as a father, and just somebody when you have somebody thats so good, that believes in you, and if he was here, hed be like, dont give me that cryin bleep . Yeah. You know . And i am. Eddie, i love you, man. Miss you. You showed me something a little while ago here, a picture, a basketball team, with you in it. Pitbull a lot of those guys, theyre either dead or in prison. That was the kind of environment that we were in, and thats why basketball was such an escape for us. It allowed us to stay out of trouble. cause when youre around that and i go back to that being your normal, thats all you see, thats all you know how to do. I know guys who dont know how to this is crazy. They learned the metric system, they learned math, they learned everything by selling dope. And i get why you started slam. And utilized those circumstances to make them animals, monsters, and strong, to be able to take on the world, adapt to any environment, that to me is what this is all about. And i cant wait. Which has already happened to me. I have grandmothers that see me in a restaurant and come up and like, thank you so much. Youre changing my grandsons life. He loves your school. Im like, you have no clue what you just did for me. That means the world to me. Thats what i live for. Thats my money. You know, thats my passion, my love, to be able to give back and somebody really appreciate it and do something with it. Cant buy that, man. This is a dream come true, and im gonna tell you why. We can have endless numberone records around the world, means nothing. To be able to perform in front of the world means nothing. It just gives us the avenue to be able to do these kind of things. This is priceless. To change their lives is priceless. To change their life is priceless. Harvey i saw a wall upstairs with some of the graduates. Pitbull mmhm. and what really struck me was it wasnt just, oh, so and so went to college, and thats the only person whos a success. There were people in police academies, in the military, so youre really finding things for people that fit their specific interests and not just saying, everybody should go to college. Exactly. You take what you learn here and apply it to wherever youre going. We have kids from Ivy League Schools to kids that, yes, have gone to military, police academy. Were all about what interests you and hopefully giving you the right tools to take that to the next level. And for me, to be able to be already at my first graduating class graduated at 95 , and were not gonna stop till we graduate at a hundred percent. Pretty ironic that the School System failed you, and youre so passionate about it now. I didnt graduate high school, but the reason that education to me is so important because i know how my mom molded me. And my mom always told me, nobodys dumb. Nobodys stupid. You just gotta figure out how you learn. I bounced from school to school, as my mom moved from house to house. My mom was my best teacher. And i still learn from her every day. Some things i like. Some things i dont. But she did struggle so i could attend better and safer schools where i want better schools for the kids who live where i grew up. So slam is sports, leadership, arts, and management. And if theres one beautiful thing about sports, well, kids love it, but, man, it shows you unity, shows you teamwork, shows you the harder you work, the better you get. It shows you punctuality. It shows you how to deal with situations, and even if you may not like somebody that youre playing on a team with, when its time to play, you guys are out there giving your all for each other. You get me . So we took sports, and we se it as a part of the curriculum now. So it keeps it sexy, fun, engaging for these kids and excited to come to school. Bottom line, when they see me come through the school, theyll like, yeah, they go, pit, and it its gotten to the point where i come here so much, i had to chill out a little bit because they were like clownin, theres pit. Yeah. Oh, there go pit. Youre a really rich guy. Hard worker. Hard worker. How do you stay so connected to your roots . Because you dont live that anymore, but youre so passionate and connected to it. Man, if you dont know where youre from, you dont know where youre going. If you dont stand for something, you fall for anything. I say it all the time. And i always im a Miamidade County born and raised 305 representing cuban american that, yes, defied all odds, but i love my life, i love my story. I dont run from it. And thats how you stay connected. cause some of these kids, i dont even i dont have to talk to them. I just gotta look at them and i know what theyre going through. I had a conversation with one kid one time, said, hey man, you think i could holler at you real quick . I said, yeah, whats up . Boom, said, all i need is five minutes. And hes telling me that my story inspired him. Hes starting to do music now. He was selling dope. Couple of his friends just got shot. Hes like, i dont want that for my life. I said, neither did i. Put it on paper. Let it be your therapy. Let that be your out. And when you get something, tell you what, when i come back around, ill listen to it. And im gonna be real with you. Ill let you know. But if you got that around you right now, you gotta get away from there. I know its hard. And hes living in one of the worst spots here in miami, which is in liberty city. You just changed that kids life. That kid 20 years from now is gonna tell that story, and go, this is the reason i did this. And maybe pass it on. My friend, thats what its all about. Youve never been married. No. By choice. By choice. Clearly. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Why . I think its the first step into a divorce. And now for their service to the community, we present limu emu doug with this key to the city. [ applause ] its an honor to tell you that Liberty Mutual customizes your Car Insurance so you only pay for what you need. 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Im not gonna say her name so i dont wanna put it out there publicly, but she gave me this one right here, and this is the one ive been writing in in the independent book with, so this ones very special. So you wouldnt tell me the name of your daughter. Why are you so super secretive when it comes to family . Because since i grew up in a very unstable, unsecure, and unprotected environment, i think its unfair if i bring them into the world that im in. I signed up for this world. They didnt. I dont need them living in my shadow. Theyre gonna be bigger, better, badder, stronger than me, but i want them to earn that. I dont want people just giving them handouts because theyre my kids. Nah, so me and my kids, we got our own code, we got our own language. Theres a lot of people out there who dont know my kids are my kids, and thats what i love about it cause they get a chance to grow up normal and be themselves cause theres nothing like finding your identity, and i dont wanna be somebody thats gonna mess that up for them. And thats why i try my hardest to protect them as much as i can. And even now that one of thems starting to get on social media, and i talked very deeply about the importance and how dangerous that could really be. You know, kids dont really see too many things. The good thing is that i can actually have a conversation with my kids about things. And thats why i want them to enjoy this ride. You have six kids, i believe. Yes. By three different women . Yeah, yeah. Do the kids interact oh, yeah, of course. All my kids get together. They all in the same city . Yeah, all in the same city. Yeah. Youve been around miami, havent you . Oh, man. Its hard not to. Have you seen the beautiful women in miami . Yes, this is its a crazy city. And solid relationships with all the kids. Solid relationships with all the kids. I have solid relationships with all the mothers. And more than anything, i want more kids. Youve never been married. No. By choice. By choice. Clearly. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Why . Well, i think its the first step into a divorce. Thats true about 50 of the time. Im gonna throw a happilyunmarried party. But thats what we should start doing, divorce parties now. I think thats another business we should invest in. But marriage to me is just a piece of paper. Its a business. Its a piece of paper, you sign it, you gotta. A pastor, a preach, a rabbi, whatever marrying you, and then what . Was part of it that the relationship between your mom and dad was dysfunctional . Thats why i dont get married cause i wanna keep a functional relationship. And for me, how do i put this . I believe in a bond. I believe in a partnership. I believe in those words that they say, through sickness and health, where you ride or die for real, are you really gonna be here . That they they get taken lightly. A marriage is a show. Thats all it is. And then youre inviting a bunch of people over to the wedding that are talking about how the weddings not gonna work. But mind you, i dont knock marriage. Just not my thing. Im single, bilingual, and ready to mingle. Theres another joke in spanish i cant say on camera, but the people that know about single, they know what im talking about. You wanna tell people where you were last night . Last night . Yeah we were out to 5 00 a. M. Had a great time on a Business Partners boat here in miami, actually got a change to hang out with marc anthony last night, dj khaled, luis fonsi was there. You know what they say, what happens in vegas stays in vegas . What happens in miami never happened. laughs you are a party animal. I love to have a great time. Yeah. I mean, to me, you have to escape. Its my therapy, at least. So how do you go under the radar . Because i have another job, and we never see you. I only hang with good people, people you could trust, that are not into that world, that are still connected. Okay . And still love to have a good time without showcasing it to everybody. Look, if you need a picture or a video to show people what you were doing, those people arent really your friends. Do you feel pressure to get involved with Hispanic Women . I love Hispanic Women. I know you do. Yeah. But do you feel pressure that if you dont, youre gonna have a backlash . Oh, no way. No way, shape, or form. I mean, i love all women. Dont get me wrong. My favorite thing is a woman thats sophisticated, sharp, can actually hold a conversation, and to me thats what makes sexy. You, as much as anybody, maybe more so, have an enormous influence with latinos. Do you feel a responsibility, especially politically and socially, to mobilize them . Oh, absolutely. 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Hoping itd open a couple of motel rooms or something, and that didnt work out either. I always say that actions speak louder than words. He cares about all of you here present. He cares about all the students here, and he has the commitment for the school. I thank you for that. Its commendable. Happy birthday, and here, the key to the city of miami. But the irony behind it is being a cubanamerican born in miami in the 80s, from a city that was built off of cocaine, and what do you call in the streets, what do you call a kilo of cocaine . You either call it a brick, a bird, or a key. So to be a cuban american to get the key, to the city of miami, and not sell cocaine, amazing. There was some criticism about this because you had dealt drugs before and there were some people who said dont give this guy the key to the city. Oh, yeah, of course. But you know what . Why it only makes sense . Why . Because im a true product of my environment. People always go, yeah, that guys been through what hes been through, and had the courage, the balls, to tell the whole world about his life. I dont have any skeletons in my closet. Dirty laundry thats already been aired, but it taught me how to be just real me. And i feel like, if im gonna represent miami, theyre gonna give me the key to miami, who better than somebody who really lived it . You, as much as anybody, maybe more so, have an enormous influence with latinos. Do you feel a responsibility, especially politically and socially, to mobilize them . Yeah. Oh, absolutely. Its not a responsibility for me. Its an obligation. So what do we do . We lead by example. Wanna help the community for real . What do we do . We build schools cause to me thats when you start. You start molding the mind when its young. Then it understands what opportunity looks like as it gets older. And as far as for my community and my culture, i love to represent them to the best to the best of my ability. Im not perfect. Im far from it. Im not an angel. Were gonna slip. Were gonna fall. Were gonna do things wrong, but were gonna do things great, were gonna do things right. There are so many people who would love your endorsement politicians jeb bush tried. Marco rubio tried. You said no. Its not that i say no. What i do is i go listen. That i do. And i always tell them, hey, man, if youre not gonna come through full force on what youre talking about, i cant do that to the people. Im not saying that they dont. Its just politics is a different business. Thats why i called it politricks. I have respect for what they all do, but its a different world. Do you ever think of running . No, no. We dont gotta worry about those that dislike, and i dont like to use this word, because to me its a bad word, but those that hate. You know what we gotta worry about . Its sticking together and doing this together. And thats what were doing here today. So it doesnt matter whether were, mira, latino, black, pink, purple, orange, white. It doesnt matter cause were all americans at the end of the day. Id rather utilize politics for the better of the Community Cause it keeps my hands untied to really be able to speak and be politically incorrect, but it doesnt matter what Political Party or things that im involved with, it wont matter, as long as the job gets done. Thats all i care about. You have for a long time refused to perform in cuba. Yes. Harvey fidel castro is now dead. pitbull yes. Harvey will that change . Pitbull im ecstatic about being able to have the opportunity to perform in cuba. Harvey you could draw millions of people. Pitbull i cant wait to go out there. Were gonna do it in malecon, which is in la habana, in havana. And its the strip that everybody performs on. Thats gonna be filled with off top of my head, id say four Million People when we get down there. By i dont wanna go down there and just make a splash. I wanna have a ripple effect. I wanna do that, perform, give it to the people, and right away, Start Building schools, start doing anything we can do to help in cuba, right away, and theres nobody down there that can cut that deal right now, that i believe would cut that deal. And even if they said they could, id have to see it. You understand me . Before you go down. If im going down to cuba, its to help the cuban people. Thats what its about to me. So when the times right, believe me, were gonna do it. And that, my friend, will be history in the making. Im looking forward to it. I have to tell you something. I met a lot of people in my day. I dont recall meeting anybody with such a compelling life view and life story. Oh, thank you. Means a lot. And i so appreciate this. Im so honored. Oh, its my pleasure. So honored by this. Thank you, buddy. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Lou good evening. 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