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Our correspondents spend a crazy 24 hours with the man whose life is one big party and global domination is just one thing on the todo list. The heist. The scene, the Carlton Hotel in cannes, france. The crime, 136 million in jewels taken in an instant. How did they do it . Whos behind it . Tonight well examine the biggest robbery in french history. And its not a catfight when its with the law. How things get real for a real housewife. Thats tonight on our feed frenzy. Announcer keep it right here, america. Nightline is back in just 60 seconds. From new york city, this is nightline with bill weir. Thank you for joining us tonight. Well, if you are handicapping the artists that might go down as among the most influential in the early 21st century, do not discount a blueeyed rapper who grew unquoting cuban revolutionaries in the streets of miami. Yes, pitbull. Hardly a critical darling. But Corporate America obviously believes he holds serious sway over the selfietaking, sodadrinking youth. And then theres his reputation for the nonstop party. And to get to know this man and his methods, Abcs Cecilia Vega got a 24hour pass to pitbull incorporated. Reporter this is a glimpse into the life of a hiphop superstar. It is the summer of pitbull. And for 24 crazy hours im invited along for the ride. How are you doing . Good . Are you ready for us . The question is are you ready for me . Oh, god. Thats what i hear. Let it rain over me reporter they call him mr. Worldwide. Lets go because in less than a decade the son of cuban immigrants transformed himself from a local rapper on the rough streets of miami to an International Pop sensation. I never wonder how we got here. I always wonder where were going. To me this is the beginning. Reporter he catapulted to fame by teaming up with some of the biggest names in the business. From j. Lo live it up to christina aguilera. I just want to feel this moment but charttopping club anthems aside, this guy has become a productendorsing powerhouse. Whether you notice bud light together again with pitbull. Reporter or not. 40s the new 30 and baby you a rock star music to me is the gasoline to the fire. In l. A. It allows us to create a platform, a foundation to help any product, any company market. Reporter the man is cashing in at the height of his fame. Im pitbull, and im one of a kind. Reporter and hes proud of it. I read one report that said youre worth 20 million. A good question. Am i . You tell me. I dont know. You dont count . Mm. I definitely dont count it. And even if you tried to count it, let me tell you, you couldnt. Reporter i wanted to get to know the man behind the budding empire. The real pitbull. Armando perez. Our day starts backstage at a concert in tampa. You want something to drink or something . Reporter we are whisked into pitbulls dressing room. Instead of a mojito its a volito. Reporter where we find out those nonstop parties in all of his songs, its not just an act. This is the best part of the interview. Reporter okay. Now, i dont even know what to call this guy. Just a little bit. Just a little bit. Reporter pit. Mr. Bull. Armando. But he makes it seem like were instant friends. Yeah, thats good. Reporter if not long lost latin cousins. And i cant help but wonder, am i being hustled by a selfdescribed hustler . I walk too fast for you guys. Reporter and we cant keep up. Definitely the quiet before the storm. Do you get nervous at all anymore . You always get nervous. Anybody that tells you they dont get nervous theyre not human. What are you thinking about right before you get on stage . What am i thinking about . The only thing that counts in life. Having fun. Time to go. Tampa lets go reporter the concert is one long bumping sweaty party. This is where the cool kids hang out, backstage. In lebanon yeah the women the bomb and in greece you guessed it the women are sweet been all around the world but i aint going to lie theres nothing like miamis heat you put it down like new york city god bless. Good night. Darling. Reporter next stop, his home town, miami. And yes, there is a chauffeured car waiting to take to us a private jet. Hes still flying on a postconcert high. All right. Whoo whoo is right. Man. You need this. Youre not exhausted . No. Gosh, what a day. You dont get tired . No. I dont even like that word. I feel like people say it so many times a day, they dont even understand when theyre saying it that it actually gets them tired. Even when youre tired dont say youre tired. Keep going. And thats it. Kind of reboots and regenerates you. Reporter we hitch a ride on his fancy plane. But check your hiphop video fantasies at the door. You can sit right here. Reporter a wild party this is not. 29 of your base is in latin america. Brazil . Turkey. Germany. Reporter after all, what better place than 30,000 feet in the air to lay out those plans for world domination. And with a massive social media following, nearly 13 million on twitter, it seems he is already on his way. For pitbull music is a means to an empire. When you speak, 30 Million People hear it. You are a media property. Reporter its not enough to just record and tour. Double down so mr. Worldwide has turned himself into a worldwide brand. And he has no qualms slipping ads into his music either. Take a picture of me with a kodak are we watching your music video or a commercial for a pitbull endorsement . Anything we do is sophisticated integration where we want people asking about it. We dont want them feeling like its pushed on them. Reporter he brushes off critics who label him a sellout. It break down in two words. Its called the music business. Thats exactly what were here to do, is make music and do business. Do you get the respect you deserve . Hmm. Do i care . Thats the question. Do you not . No. We have done things that not too many artists can do. Which is create a global platform. Do you think being latino helps or hurts you . Being latino absolutely helps. With a culture you want to tap into. I think what makes our culture very special is the simple fact that we have buying power and were a loyal consumer. Reporter and the heart of his thriving latino fan base lives here, his beloved home town. And were here. I have arrived in miami. Thats right, baby. Miami. The bottom. 305, dade county, magic city. Welcome to the crib. Whoo reporter there may be no one more miami than pitbull. And now smack in the neighborhood where he grew up all this right here is little havana. This is legendary to miami. Reporter this hiphop star is wearing a hardhat and building what he hopes will become his legacy outside of music. Slam, baby. Reporter slam. A stateoftheart charter school. Opening next month. And this is just the beginning. When you see the numbers come out on what theyre doing on the fcat or what theyre doing on the s. A. T. S or the Graduation Rate were having, thats going to be when you look back on this and appreciate it. What neighborhoods we got here . Hialeah. Little havana, hialeah. Reporter look at you. Youre a hiphop superstar talking to me about academic test scores. To me its bigger than hiphop. This right here is global. This shows you the power of music right here. Reporter pitbull uses his fame to peddle products. Got him. Reporter and now his philanthropy. But is this just another performance . Is there a difference between pitbull and armando . Oh, absolutely. Pitbull is everything that armando cant be in public. So he lets it all out on stage. Through the records, through the music. Thats my therapy. But armando is tries to be a more simple, normal, humble person that they raised me to be. Reporter he says to know him is to see where he comes from. They play dominos and speak about Old School Cuban stories. Reporter so we take a drive through little havana, passing the bars where at 5 years old his dad took him to recite Cuban Revolutionary poems. My mother gave me the brains. My father gave me la chipa. La chipa being the charisma. Reporter but it was also a rough childhood. He moved around a lot. Right here is my apartment, first floor, 527. Reporter and got himself into trouble when he started selling drugs. You look at it, its the same thing i do now, just with a different product, and the product is music. I go city to city, country to country, all around the world, getting people hooked to my product. Same hustle, different product. Welcome to show Business Reporter and from the looks of this homecoming show in miami beach, pitbulls fans cant get enough. Baby ima make you feel so good reporter for mr. Worldwide it seems theres only one place to go from here. Its just the beginning. You see it. Everybodys trying to go to another planet now. Maybe thats the first thing we take over next. Reach for the stars make it planet pit. Reporter for nightline im cecilia vega in miami. Our thanks to cecilia for that. And coming up next, oh, let the socalled bling ring burgle celebrity houses. Others are after museumsize halls. And the latest heist, one for the ages. Geicos defensive driver,ke 13. Good student and multipolicy discounts could save you hundreds of dollus. Engineer uh geicos discounts could save you hundreds of dollars. It sounds like youre saying dollus. Dollus. Engineeif you could accentuate the r sound of dollars. Are. Are. Are. Engineer are. Arrrrrr. Arrrrr. Someone bring me an eye patch, i feel like a bloomin pirate. Geico. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. Honestly, i feel like i nailed that. Apply cold therapy in the first 24 hours. But not just any cold. I only use new thermacare® cold wraps. 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Three brazen jewel heists. The latest catch estimated at a whopping 136 million, making it the largest french jewelry heist in history. It happened at the glamorous 343room intercontinental Carlton Hotel. It seems that life is imitating art. Much like the Alfred Hitchcock 1955 romantic thriller to catch a thief, starring cary grant as the dashing former cat burglar with the stunning grace kelly taking place just a few floors above where the actual crime unfolded this weekend. The elegant Carlton Hotel. But this reallife robbery was much less cinematic. Possibly one of these simpler schemes. A man in his mid 40s wearing a hat and scarf around his neck enters the prominent hotel. Exact details still puzzle police. But he was somehow able to walk into the closed exhibit as the diamonds were about to be secured in their display cases. Flashing a gun, he grabbed the bag of diamonds, then boldly escaped through a glass door, all in less than a minute. Theres no doubt it was a shocking heist. But whats even more shocking is more than 24 hours later there is no police swarming the hotel, theres no extra security. Its as if nothing ever happened. The carlton heist follows a recent prison break by members of the notorious pink panther jewel thief gang. Someone should have called inspector clouseau of pink panther movie fame. Just three days before the heist two pink panther gang members were sprung from a swiss prison when accomplices from the gang rammed the pickup van into a side gate while inmates were in the yard exercising. They set up ladders over a barbed wire fence and overpowered Prison Guards with gunfire from their ak47s. The gang earned the nickname pink panther after borrowing a plot line from the movie. They once hid a diamond ring in a jar of face cream. Retired jewel thief. Reporter they leave a trail of damage wherever they go. This isnt a stuntman driving two stolen audi a8s through a mall in dubai. Its a mall in dubai where the panthers stole more than 10 million worth of diamonds in 2007. Police wont publicly rule out whether the pink panthers are prime suspects in the carlton heist, but it looks like almost anyone could have pulled off this heist. The only people on hand protecting the jewels at the carlton were the exhibitions manager, two employees, and three unarmed security guards. People are coming and going. You could sit in the lobby. You could watch. You can wait outside as if youre waiting for someone to come out of the hotel. So its easy for you to really case that kind of a store. Reporter larry lawson was a professional thief who stole 50 million in jewels. He did 12 years in federal prison and is now an author. I think they have to really scrutinize every single person, from the owners of the diamonds right on down to the security detail and people at that hotel. Theres just too many things that went too perfectly for it not to be a setup. Reporter cannes is no stranger to bigtime robberies. This may chopard, jeweler for stars like Julianne Moore and jennifer lawrence, had 1 million worth of jewels snatched from the Novotel Hotel as celebrities were walking down the red carpet for the premiere of sofia coppolas new controversial film called the bling ring. Irony that only hollywood could produce. Its based on the true story of seven l. A. Teens who burglarized the homes of the rich and famous, stealing clothes, jewels, and watches. Paris hilton hosting a party in vegas tonight. Where does she live . Lets go to paris. Reporter but unlike the plot of this flick, where, plot spoiler alert, the wannabe celeb burglars are convicted and sentenced, these reallife jewel thieves are still on the loose. For nightline im lama hasan in cannes in france. Thank you, lama. And coming up next, from melodrama to courtroom drama for a real housewife. Get my kids ar, which means they can find the perfect pair that fits great. 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