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http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/pitbull-6049.php


 * Armando Christian Perez was born 1981, January 15,in Miami,Florida.Armando's parents were Armando Perez Sr. and Alysha Acosta. Armando's parents were cuban immigrants and were divorced at his early life.Also, Armando was supported by his mother alone after the divorce.Armando was inspired by Jose Marti, a national cuban hero and poet.Armando thinks his popularity and acumen come from the fact the spent most of his childhood listening to Salsa,Hip-Hop,Bass music,Techno,Merengue,Bachata,House, and Rave.When Armando was older,he completed his education at South Miami Senior High School.After graduating High School, Armando spent all his time rapping.In 2002 Lil Jon,already an acomplished singer, gave Armando a rapping break in his 2002 album 'Kings of Crunk'.In 2004. Armando made his first solo album,M.I.A.M.,I(Money is A Major Issue) with Lil Jon and Jim Jonsin as the producers.A remixed version of M.I.A.M.I came out in 2005, named 'Money Is Still A Major Issue', with just one new track, featuring Pretty Ricky.On October 31,2006, Armando's 2nd album came out and it was named 'El Mariel'.Also, Armando dedicated his 2nd album 'El Mariel' to his Father,Armando Perez Sr., who had passed away in May 2006 from fighting cancer for more than a year.In 2007, came out Armandos 3rd album named 'The Boatlift'.Some of the singles in 'The Boatlift' were "Secret Admirer" with Llyod, "go girl" with Trina, "The Anthem" with Lil Jon and "El Africano" with Wilfrido Vargas.As Armando got famous, he chose the name Pitbull as his stage name because he symbolizes everything a pitbull stands for.For his constant grooving and pop tracks on worldwide, Pitbull recieved humungous crowds for his concerts.Also, Pitbull delivered chart busters like "Give Me Everything" which topped the Bill Boards top 100', and Hey Baby, which went until the 7th spot.In June 2014, it was announced that Pitbull would be recieving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Royce

In short words, Royce has overcomed growing up with a poor family, to being a singer that has had his album reach number one on many Billboards
 * Geoffrey Royce Rojas was born May 11,1989,The Bronx, New York.Geoffrey was the second oldest out of four children.Also, Geoffrey was born to Dominican parents.His father drove a taxi cab, and his mother worked at a beauty salon.When Geoffrey was young, he participated in choir in elementary school,competed in talent shows,and at the age of thirteen he started doing poetry,which soon turned into songwriting.Recalling the first time Geoffrey was before a crowd,he said " In elementary school, I was singing a Christmas song, and I felt really comfortable singing in front of people".At age fifteen, Geoffrey began singing with his partner named Jose Chusan or better known as jino.There partnership was also known as Jino and Royce.At age sixteen, Royce started making music with his longtime friend ,Donzell Rodriguez, and his producer, Vincent Outerbridge.Donzell and Vincent were known as L Snipe and Vinny.Royce's group eventually had a meeting with Atlantic Records, a major American label, in 2007.After the meeting with Atlantic Records, the duo had to focus more on the bachata industry.At age ninteen, Royce met Andres Hidalgo, who after hearing Royce's demo, instantly became his manager.Hidalgo began helping Royce work hands-on with bachata music.This is when Royce wanted to start pursuing a music career.Later after Hidalgo became Royce's manager, Hidalgo introduced Royce to Sergio George,who i who immediately signed Royce to his label.The label Royce was signed to was, Top Stop Music.Top Stop Music is an independent record label founded by Sergio George in 2009.
 * Royce released his studio album on March 2, 2010.The album was produced primarily from Hidalgo and Sergio, with Royce as the lead singer.
 * Shortly after the release of Royce's album, the album debuted on the Billboard Latin Albums chart at number fifteen.
 * Billboard is an entertainment brand owned by The Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Group
 * The lead single in Royce's latest album,Stand By Me, was at number one on The US Billboard Tropical Songs Music.Also, Stand By Me reached number eight on the Hot Latin Songs chart
 * The 2nd single from Royce's latest album,''Corazon Sin Cara", was released on February 2010
 * Corazon Sin Cara made it to the top on the US Hot Latin Songs antd Tropical Tropical Songs Charts
 * The album itself, made it to the top on the US Billboard Latin Albums Chart

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daddy_Yankee


 * Ramon Ayala Rodriguez was born February 3, 1977, or known by his stage name, Daddy Yankee.Ramon was born in Rio Piedras, San Jaun, Puerto Rico.Also,Ramon was raised in the neighborhood of Villa Kennedy Housing Projects.When Ramon was young, he eagerly wanted to become a baseball player ,so he tried out for the Seattle Marines Major League baseball team.Before Ramon was officially signed in the Seattle Marines, he was hit by the bullets of an AK-47 rifle, while taking a break from the studio recording session.Sadly, Ramon couldn't play on the Seattle Marines after he got hit from the bullets of an AK-47 rifle.Ramon spent roughly one year and 6 months recovering from the wound, but the bullet from the AK-47 was never removed from his hip.Knowing he couldn't play baseball, Ramon decided to focus on a music career.After starting his music career, Ramon made a few songs about his shooting incident.The most complete song describing the shooting incident was 6 De Enero.6 De Enero was released in 2012.Ramons first studio project as a solo artist was No Mercy.Also, No Mercy was released on April 2,1995.Early in his career, Ramon tried to imitate the style of Vico C. Ramon also, tried equal other artists, like DJ Playero,DJ Nelson, and DJ Drako.Ramon learned elements from their styles, eventually making his own original style.Eventually, Ramon abandoned the original model of rap, and become one of the first rap artist to perform reggaeton.In 1997, Ramon partnered with the rapper Nas, who was inspiration to him.Ramon released two albums between 1997 and 2001.The albums Ramon released between 1997 and 2001 were, "El Cartel, and El Cartel ll.Both albums were very well known in Puerto Rico, but were not successful in Latin America.In 2002, Ramon's second studio album was released, and it was named  El Cangri.com.El Cangri.com'' was the first album that was international album made by Ramon.
 * Ramon has kept most of his personal life private,hardly speaking about it in interviews.He made an exception to talk about his wife and children in an interview, in 2006, with Maria Celeste Arraras and Al Rojo Vivo.He said in the interview of 2006, that his marriage with is wife is strong because they are they are friends above anything.He also added , that he has tried to ignore other temptations because weakness is the reason for the downfall of other artists.Ramon's first daughter was born when he was seventeen years old.Ramon described this being confusing at first.He also added, that raising a daughter at a young age is a hard expierence.
 * Daddy Yankee one time performed in Panama city, Florida, United States, 2006 during spring break

http://www.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_names_of_the_parents_of_Daddy_Yankee


 * Triby Ayala was the father of Daddy Yankee
 * Rose Ayala was the mother of Daddy Yankee

http://www.mtv.com/artists/daddy-yankee/biography/
 * Ramon grew up in a musical family
 * Ramon's father was a bongosero
 * Ramon's mother's family included a lot of musicians
 * Roman sang at an early age
 * As Roman grew older, he found an interest for Spanish hip-hop
 * Also, Roman found intrest in street life as he grew older