The first big check Pitbull ever received actually bounced. 😳 via CNBCMakeIt
Before Pitbull made a name for himself with hits like"Timber," he was Armando Christian Peréz, growing up in a rough part of Miami called Carol City.
But it was there the next day, and he spent the majority of it on his mom:"I took $1,200 and bought my Mom a car." It was a 1988 Mazda hatchback, says Pitbull, who put the remaining $300 in the bank. "Do you see where you're going to be?" he remembers they would ask him."Do you see the opportunity you have in this country? Do you see how you can take advantage of this freedom that you have?"
Pitbull's second advance was significantly bigger: $50,000. Again, he spent it on cars, he tells CNBC Make It:"I went to the chop shop. I bought three cars. I knew they would be get me from A to B, B to D, D to Z and Z back to A. That's all I needed. I didn't need rims. I didn't need chains. I didn't need none of that."
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